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GE or BL[B] bulbs ? - was - Re: Photo-resist etching questions....

2007-05-28 by Ben

> >I've always used the black light bulbs [snip]
> >
> >btw - for collimation, my box is all white inside instead of
> >aluminum foil. I think this works well to even things out.
> 
> Evenness of illumination is not the same as collimation and
> yours is diffuse illumination, more or less its opposite.

Collimation is light just coming from the direction of the source.


I use MG Chemical's 600 series boards Positive type resist.  They list 
wavelength to be 375nm  I use the BL Blacklight lamps.



Ben

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