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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE: Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?

2004-07-17 by Stefan Trethan

yea, whatever, my gouvernment isn't selling stuff as far as i know..

There isn't much work involved with converting a copier, really only 
ripping out
the fuser unit, adding a simple thermostat circuit and
a drive motor. ready to go.  I assume mine didn't take more than 2 hours 
and i tried
a few things.
You might want to reduce the spring tension pressing the rollers together 
a bit, because
the boards are thicker than paper.
I used a ricoh fuser but i assume almost all brands are good for it.

ST

(P.S.: Tom, knowing your webpage you might be interested in
<http://www.albany.net/~gwoods/esr_meter/esr_meter_index.html>
I built it and it is performing great.)

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:12:04 -0500, Thomas P. Gootee <tomg@...> 
wrote:

> ST,
>
> Thanks for the response!
>
> For now, the quantity of boards that I make still seems to be 
> well-suited to the toner transfer method.  And, my current quest is, 
> after all, directly aimed at increasing the number of boards or rate of 
> production that IS still viable using toner transfer.
>
> So the copier fuser idea interests me.

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