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Re: Zoran's plotter

2006-03-29 by pebo festus

come on folks--give zoran a break, he has a system that works(just 
looking at the board). suggestions are always welcome but try to 
build a system that uses your ideas, then post your system here so 
every one can benifit from your work.
mebo31 



> Thinking about this a bit more, (after managing to
> read half the site before it threw me out), why not
> hold the heated cup stationary and vibrate the wire in
> the hollow needle.
> 
> This might give higher speed with greater resolution,
> with the wire still maintaining some sort of metering
> function. Might need to play around with needle id and
> wire od. 
> 
> Worth a try perhaps??
> 
> I imagine the viscocity of the heated, (liquid),
> paraffin wax is higher than any standard ink, which is
> perhaps why Zoran's system works ok.
> 
> roger
> 
> 
> --- zoran_vasiljevic2000 <v.zoran@...> wrote:
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> Zoran's plotter is similar to a regular X/Y plotter,
> except that it
> does not
> use ink, it uses melted  paraffin (wax), for drawing
> on PCB laminate, and
> for making PCB. After drawing, it is developed in
> Ferric Chloride,
> according to the well known process.
> 
> For more, open the link:
> 
> http://ca.geocities.com/zoran_vasiljevic2000/index.html
> 
> Thanks,
> Zoran

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