Homebrew PCBs

About the spacers: they basically pivot (wiggle) and are not 
parallel  to each other. Is that what you are referring to? If so 
then to cope with it you keep them apart with two 0.062" strips of 
PCBs on each end, right? If so then it is possible to stick those two 
strips from the back, without disassembling the laminator, what do 
you think?

Like I said, I completed it but for such  a product (it carries the 
whole line of dextrine paper), I would envision something written by 
a technical writer, with pictures, because I can see some people 
having problems with it. 


I also comapred the temperature with a comemrcial laminator and the 
HC200 definitely runs cooler. However, I had some old dyna art paper, 
more then 10 years old, and I tried the copy machine layout on an 
uncleaned surface with both machines. After having it soaked for few 
seconds the paper jsut flew off the PCB leaving beautiful TT image. 
Black, 100%. I repeated the lamination maybe 5 times. That dyna art 
(pulsar) paper is just awsome. Frankly, I have a hard time deciding 
which machine I like more, probably HC200 because of small size and 
attractive design. Mike




--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Phil" <phil1960us@y...> wrote:
> 
> I didn't find the directions that bad but it did take some head
> scratching at several points.  a couple of pix would have been
> *really* helpful.
> 
> One thing I found to be necessary is a pair of spacers between the 
two
> outfeed plates.  I was getting my paper/board assembly stuck in the
> outfeed because the top plate would drop down.  I made 2 small 
spacers
> out of 0.062 FR4, took the unit apart and reassembled the outfeed
> plates with the spacers sandwiched at each end.  No more jams.  If 
you
> experience outfeed jams, you'll want to do this.
> 
> Switching the gears was the only easy way to slow down the feed 
rate.
>  I think it needs to be about 1/2 the rate (at least for my 20-pass
> toner).  I'd really like a speed control but it looks like an AC 
motor
> so that's not gonna happen - I'll hack a fuser assembly first.
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "mikezcnc" <eemikez@c...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > I finally decided to modify the laminator IAW www.puslar.gs 
> > directions. 
> > 
> > IMO it is not a 15 minutes job, as he claims, it took mi close to 
an 
> > hour to get it all done. Then, his directions are vague and 
> > imprecise, they miss some steps, and he uses terms that are not 
> > typical names in the industry. Bottom line is that his directions 
> > suck big time, very big time, but they were good enough for me to 
> > complete the job, although few times I wasn't sure if that 
project 
> > would ever be completed.
> > 
> > I ran few tests with it and all works very well. The principle is 
the 
> > same as Stefan described, chicken and grill but here one doesn't 
have 
> > to hunt his own chicken before grilling it... The ideas that he 
came 
> > up with, are very innovative, how in the world he knew how to 
rotate 
> > a motor to a new position, or how he came up with idea of 
exchanging 
> > the gears??? It tells me that he spent countless hours to develop 
the 
> > product.  Mike