Homebrew PCBs

Hey Steve,

>Hello Gary, I live south of Manhattan.

     Well, you're closer than I thought, I'm in Ensign, outside of Dodge 
City. It was that "100 miles for a printer cable" thing that made me 
wonder.

>A little fine tuning and I will conquer this.Do the laminators
>help that much? And what paper are you using? Thanks again Steve

     I've never tried TT. I have a roll of dry film resist, more than 
I'll be able to use before it dies unless I suddenly go into full-bore 
major production. I also have film, darkroom, and a variety of other 
stuff, most of which I already had when I decided I wanted to try 
etching, so I really only had to get the dry film, a UV source and a 
small laminator, and etchant to get that started. The run you spoke of 
didn't sound too difficult for two ingenious guys with a bunch of 
supplies.

     I've only made one pcb, my focus has been on being able to do simple 
brass photoetching for prototypes and special parts. I'm in the business 
of supplying miniaturists that work with horse related stuff in 1/6 and 
smaller scales. As a hobby, I tend to dabble in a variety of things - 
just enough so that I have the capability to use a process to make what I 
want. Another part of that "hobby" involves doing so with the least 
possible cash outlay, for the challenge of figuring it out and because I 
don't have lots of extra cash.

     If worse really came to worst, I also have a pantomill, which could 
be used to machine the boards. (the *hard* way)

     -Gary