Homebrew PCBs

On 27/01/2010 11:30, Trevor wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I am looking in to paste screens. I have found some 0.2mm ( 8mil ) thick aluminium sheet that I can work with on my milling machine. I was wondering if 0.2mm is too thick for a screen and if aluminium was any good as a material. It seems quite nice and certainly strong enough for prototype screens. Not sure about cleaning and life of the screen but got a feeling it isnt bad.
>
> I dont have any paste at the moment so I can  not do any tests myself.


Laser-cut Kapton stencils are quite cheap and will work a lot better:

http://www.ohararp.com/Stencils.html

Leon
-- 
G1HSM
http://webspace.webring.com/people/jl/leon_heller/