Homebrew PCBs

> 
> The main reason they won't ship (either direction) is Australia is 240v, and
> the USA is 110v.  (Another is the USA changes a $9 fee to examine incoming
> parcels, many people just said 'huh, screw that, no USA sales'.)
> 
> That said the mechanics would be the same, only the heating element would be
> different.
> 
> Tony
>

The heating element would be easy enough to deal with, a triac based voltage converter similar to a light dimmer will work fine with that. They are sold as travel converters for heating appliances. A bigger issue is the motor, but depending on the type that might not be such a big problem. The cheap consumer laminators I've dealt with have had small synchronous clock motors, they are low enough power that a resistor in series to limit the current will work. It will run a bit slower on 50Hz, but when laminating toner transfers this is often desirable anyway.