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Concave Iron

2006-02-14 by Mike Phillips

Just for grins I tried magazine paper from Model Aviation to see the 
results. It transfered nicely to an unpreped board. A cleaned board 
would be even better. Still want to try Time magazine paper.

Also for grins I placed a straight edge across my iron and found it 
was very concave. Maybe .060" out of flat. That makes it very hard 
to press evenly on a flat board. I was dragging it across the paper 
to get the best pressure on the toner for transfer. So I'm off 
looking for a flat travel iron. If I had room I'd try Bill's pre-
heating technique and a laminator.

Next I have to see about paper stretch, since I can cnc the holes.

Thanks for all the great tips gents.

Mike

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