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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Salt water etchant

2007-07-16 by David Griffith

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Ted Bruce KX4OM wrote:

> Don't know if this has been posted here, but it demonstrates the use
> of toner transfer with magazine pages (my favorite), and uses salt
> water as an etchant for applying complex designs to bare Altoids tins.
>
> http://steampunkworkshop.com/altoid-etch.shtml

It won't work for PCBs.  Von Slatt's etchings only go a little bit into
the metal whereas PCBs go all the way through.  He does do some stuff that
involve going all the way through, but it's quite clear that the
resolution is not very good at all.


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