Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Amundson" 
<ron_amundson@h...> wrote:
> 
> >I use tracing paper for the transparencies. I've just made a PCB 
with
> >10 mil tracks - the results were excellent. I'll try 8/8 next.
> 
> >Leon
> 
> Wow, thats pretty impressive. The IIIp served me well, and I 
upgraded
> supposedly to a 4 and it was absolutely terrible alignment wise, so 
I went
> back to the IIIp. The 5 is a much better printer, and I'm glad they 
fixed
> the alignment issues!!!
> 
> I've never used tracing paper before, I bought 50 sheets of Great 
White
> Transparency material before Walmart stopped carrying it. When I 
run out,
> I'll need to investigate the tracing paper. Besides that, it has to 
be less
> money than transparency film.

Tracing paper works very well, I buy it by the A4 size pad from the 
local stationers. Being very stingy, I don't use a whole sheet at a 
time - I cut a piece a bit bigger than the board, stick it to a piece 
of A4 paper in the correct position with a piece of masking tape (I 
only use one piece of tape, at the top) and then feed that manually.

Leon