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Re: Having a bit of experience now, why would someone wan...

2005-12-09 by lcdpublishing

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> AND, what will a laser that can burn-away copper METAL do to  the 
epoxy below 
> the copper???  

I have seen lasers that appeared to be able to focus their cutting 
depth. This would eliminate the concern about buring the substrate.  
However, I know nothing of laser cutting/ething machines.  IMTS is 
comming up in fall of 2006, that is always a great place to go to 
learn all about machine tools.  Hopefully I will have time to go 
there and nose around.

  
> If there were a better way than etching, it would have surely  
become a 
> commercial reality by now!

No doubt about it.  I am just looking at all the options and 
possibilites and making sure I am not "missing something" obvious.


> I note some state an aversion to "acid".  Ferric chloride  may not 
belong in 
> salad-dressing, but it is NOT an acid!  Ammonium  perchlorate, 
the "other 
> etchant", isn't either!   Wonder if these  people have a fear of 
vinegar???   
> Nevermind!  No  point!


Your right, no point.  However, fears are often not reasonable or 
logical.  I have a fear of heights - what the hell?  I have flown 
hundreds of thousands of miles in airplanes - yet I don't like being 
on a 10 foot ladder?

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