Homebrew PCBs

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:54:17 -0300, Alexandre Souza 
<alexandre-listas@...> wrote:

>
>>   I am wondering if anyone has found a way to make these types of 
>> machines
>> work well, for making pcbs with the toner transfer method (laser printed
>> pattern on common glossy paper).  It sure SEEMS like it OUGHT to be able
> to
>> work well.  And it SURE would be *NICE* to be able to fill an 18 x 
>> 22-inch
>> area with boards and do them all at once!
>
>     Tom, I'm still using an old laser printer fusing unit, as my 
> laminator,
> and I get very consistent and repetable results every time. Yesterday I 
> did
> a pinboard (SMD to DIP adaptor) for an Atmega 128 - 64 pin MQFP - with no
> errors whatsoever.
>
>     I'd suggest you taking this path, maybe it can help :)
>
>     Greetings,
>     Alexandre Souza
>
>

Tom was asking for efficiently making a big number of boards, may i 
suggest a big
fuser out of a copier? they are at least double the size of a laser 
printer and work very
well. you can panelize the boards to speed things up.
On the other hand, IMO toner transfer is not well suited for high 
quantities.

ST