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Re: Michael's "Green Film" provokes thought

2013-01-02 by tda7000

The video may not be great but the information is all there if you listen. I understand some people may not want to, but I had no big issues with it.

Certainly not a hoax anyway, but yes, aligning the masks will be the hardest part I think.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "John Anhalt" <janhalt@...> wrote:
>
> I realize a solder mask can do that.  But didn't see the your tube producer mention that the board was etched first, then was treated with the solder mask.  I may have missed that. 
> 
> If I did, I apologize.  
> 
> Assuming it is two steps, aligning the etch mask and the solder mask could be a bit challenging, but not impossible with proper alignment marks.
> 
> John
>  
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: "Zoran A. Šćepanović" 
>   To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 5:55 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Michael's "Green Film" provokes thought
> 
> 
>     
>   On 01/01/2013 11:46 PM, John Anhalt wrote:
>   > There is obviously a lot that is not shown. How can a laminate resist cover both etched areas and the not etched areas?
>   > 
>   > It's a hoax -- with a lot of thumb sucking and rap music in the background.
>   > 
>   > John
>   > 
> 
>   Hi John,
>   don't jump to the conclusions too early.
>   Soldermask is as easy as 1-2-3-4:
>   Laminate-Expose-Develop-Cure.
> 
>   I actually watched the video to the end (after some "liquidish sedative"
>   - beer), and the cow-dude explained it quite accurate.
> 
>   -- 
>   Best Regards,
>   Q Systems
>   Zoran A. Šćepanović
>   zastos@...
>   Skype: zoran.a.scepanovic
>   http://zastos.com
>   +381 63 609-993
> 
>   -..-
>   90% of all statistics are made up.
> 
> 
>   
> 
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