Homebrew PCBs

I'm glad you mentioned this because it gave me an idea which has never
occured to me before. It would probably yeild very similar results to
a press if you were to place a nice hefty peice of metal on top of the
board and toner and heat it with a heat gun(hot air gun, paint gun, a
few other names I'm sure)

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "chalaco_51" <chalaco_51@...> wrote:
>
> I've been having some bad results with my present procedure to
transfer  
> toner using the old iron method, and this is even with the blue peel
> stuff.
> 
> I have been thinking of purchasing an ironing press a Conair (~$90) or
> even a more expensive one like a Simplicity (~$150) which can add up
> 100lbs of pressure.
> 
> I have also consider on buying a laminator but the size of the boards
> I have going are 6x6 inches at a minumum and going through a laminator
> 8 to 10 times with a thickness of 60 mils may end up screwing up the
> laminator. The wife has bought into the idea of a more expensive
> ironing press, since she could also use it.
> 
> Does anyone have any comments in the pros and cons on using an ironing
> press for toner transfer?
> 
> Thanks for any feedback.
>