Homebrew PCBs

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wbblair3" <wbblair3@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 8:33 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Toner transfer experiments and a fix for cheap, 
low-temp laminators


> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Heller" <leon.heller@...>
> wrote:
>
>> The sensitised FPC-16 material I use costs 1.50 GBP for a 4" x 6"
>> piece.
>
> I found a UK web page here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8cwf4
>
> that lists your 1.50 GBP (2.62 USD) FPC-16 economy board and others
> including the 1.95 GBP (3.35 USD), 1/16", 1 oz, single-sided 4x6 board
> using A4 material for which I could more easily find a US source at
> Digikey.com.  The two choices using that characteristics filter at
> Digikey.com cost $7.93 and $9.04 respectively.  My source for .021"
> thick, double-sided copper clad offers a 4x6 board (not sensitized)
> for 0.95 USD.
>
> Anyone here know of a similarly inexpensive US source for something
> similar to the sensitized PCB material Leon is using in the UK?
>
>> My UV exposure unit cost me about 20 GBP to make from a couple
>> of fluorescent fittings, UV tubes, MDF and wood.
>
> Cool. Do you have ready access to an URL where plans for such a thing
> can be found? (I haven't looked in the forum archives here for one, yet).
>
>> The JetStar film costs 5.10 GBP for 10 A4 sheets.
>
> The same UK source I linked to above has that, too.  The 5.10 GBP is
> 8.90 USD and 12.02 AUD.  An Australian source charges 16 AUD, so you
> have a very cheap source of that material in the UK.
>
> Once again, anyone here know of a suitable substitute of similar cost
> here in the US?

I think it's also called CEM-1.

Leon
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