Homebrew PCBs

Hi Mike,

> I love you, man! I wish I new what the true answer to your question

The usual answer is "42" :-)
 
> is. I don't know. I don't know what temperature is at the cylinder
> ('conductor'), but I can tell you few hints. To my greatest surprise,
> the (not to say 'that') laminator was running 'hot', much hotter that
> I thought laminators needs to be. And more, after few runs with the

That's a clue there then, the one I have is quite "cool" and the manual
states that it's 120C. I think 140C is what's needed, at least for
press'n'peel paper.

> board (couple times- I ran it 5 times) thru the laminator the board
> could not be held in hand directly. When I used ironing, I tried all

I've had excellent results by tacking the p'n'p paper to the copper by
running it through the laminator then putting it face-up on a newspaper,
kitchen paper on top and then resting an iron (set to Linen) on top for a
minute. Then back through the laminator but corners first otherwise it
doesn't get an even press.

> unpredictability of the standard process that lead me to HC200
> laminator.

Sure, makes it a quick and easy process.
 
> Go to GBC website and check with them, I think there is something
> similar on your side of the lake, but you will have to take a risk of

I didn't find any of the fine detail that I needed :-(

> testing. It can be that ANY laminator (well, almost any) might work

One of their laminators is listed in the Yahoo database, but there's no
detail on how to modify the drive mech to accept the thicker than pouch
thickness PCB material.

-- 
Cheers,

Derryck