Homebrew PCBs

If you've got access to a laser printer and a paper laminator you 
might try toner transfer.  I've been able to get pretty good results.
Under the links section are a number of good references; mine's there 
too.  If you're in N. America you can pick up a $28 laminator at Wal-
Mart that I'm told does an OK job; so getting setup shouldn't be too 
expensive.  You can get a 4 roller laminator from it's sister company 
Sams Club for $80 (--this is what I use.)

Photo resist kits can be had from a number of places and usually have 
pretty decent instructions.  Probably most on this list use this 
method with great success.  This is probably the most traditional way 
of producing boards.  It worked fine for me; but I found that I could 
do the simpler boards faster with toner transfer process.  This is 
something you'd have to research and decide which appeals to you more.

Anyway, should you decide on the toner transfer take a gander and 
those links I mentioned and feel free to drop me a line if you have 
any questions.  Once you get a feel for it, and done it once or 
twice, there really isn't much to it.

-Dal
http://myweb.cableone.net/wheedal/pcb.htm


> I wonder if you guys could recommend a book or two that I could buy
> that would cover the basics.  A lot of you clearly know what you're
> doing but the discussions about the nuances of using printers and
> playing with various chemical etchings is above my head right now