Homebrew PCBs

And, if I might reply to my own reply, a printing run takes a second 
or two, and if you don't like it you can wipe the board with a paper 
towel and run it through again.



At 04:21 PM 10/26/2010, you wrote:
>Toner transfers directly to pcb stock very easily, and very fine
>traces can be achieved. The problems are more mechanical than
>electrostatic. I, and several other people on this list have done
>this over and over, using a variety of printers and mods. It's also
>much easier to implement than either toner transfer or inkjet printing.
>
>Mark
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>At 12:55 PM 10/26/2010, you wrote:
> >Tim,
> >Before worrying about the fuser, can you accurately transfer the toner to
> >the PCB?
> >I expect that to be the big problem to overcome.
> >Bertho
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> >From: Tim S   Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 11:46
> >Hi LeMar,
> >I only have the fuser and power supplys left in the LJ II. I stripped
> >everything else off, I just wanted to be able to fuse the toner transfer
> >artwork onto the copperclad instead of ironing it on. I just drive the
> >SI-7300a stepper driver with a ATtiny2313 running a simple C program. That's
> >as far as I have gotten thus far. Next, I plan to build a temperature
> >controller for the fuser, based on the AC power supply from the LJ II. I
> >will use a microprocessor to sense the temperature and turn the triac on and
> >off to maintain a selected temperature in the fuser. Hopefully, this will
> >allow me to fuse the artwork onto the copper by passing it through the LJ
> >fuser. If there is interest, I will post my methods.
> >
> >I am interested in the direct printing, this is just an experiment to see if
> >I can make this concept work for the .062 boards with toner transfer paper.
> >If the fuser won't fuse the toner onto the copper, direct print won't work
> >with these printers.
> >Tim
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