Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 20:36:48 +0100, brewski922 <brewski@...> wrote:
> 
> > What if you bypassed the thermostat in the irons?
> >
> > Mike
> 
> It melts down.
> 
> I have seen a iron with a melted plate once.
> Not a good idea.
> All modern ones will have secondary thermal fuses too (but i'm sure
> you'd find a way to short those!)

I think you may be misdirecting sarcasm at poor Mike rather than the
person who earlier documented the _intermittent_ and _monitored_
bypassing of his laminator thermostat with an appropriately rated
_momentary_ switch: me.  

> I did not see the flaw in the OP due to the degree F thing (which 
> tells me about as much as any random number), but i do know the
> irons i measured are all capable of 200C or slightly over on 
> highest setting.

Well, as I admitted in an earlier post, emissivity error made my iron
temperature measurements inaccurate and it was, as someone here had
said, my ironing technique that was at fault.  However, that error was
incidental to the acheived goal which was to find an easy and cheap
method to produce quality transfers that doesn't rely on ironing
technique using a low-cost laminator.  In the process, I gave those
who own thermal laminators that they've found to be otherwise useless
for toner transfer an easy fix using something thay already have in
their home, an oven (note my subject title).  And recall that I took a
chance and purchased the $30 Royal PL2100 in the first place to
determine if it was as good as the more expensive PL2000 it replaced
and which was listed as very good for toner transfer use in this
forum's database. The answer, unfortunately, was, "No."  Fortunately,
I found a workaround that cost me $0 and gave me perfect results with
little effort.

Bill