Homebrew PCBs

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:33:52 -0000, Bob_xyz <bob_barr@...> wrote:

>
> Since scratch-etching sounds like it can (mostly) run unattended,
> the time that *you* have to spend may not be all that great. Granted,
> it may take a while to crank out a board. If it's a set-and-forget
> operation, though, I don't see the time being that big a problem
> when you're only doing a board or two.
> Regards, Bob


Bob, i made a boad yesterday from 12 to 1 in the night, 2-sided  
smd/throughhole, both sides component legend, ground planes, about the  
hardest you can get with tt.

Even not couning all the wait time for the plotter i don't believe you can  
best the time or effort or lack of concentration tt requires once you are  
familiar with it.

I don't say it's impossible, just that it didn't work out for me.

By the way - pre-heating the paper worked like a charm to eliminate all  
visible distortion/shrinking problems. I just run the paper through the  
fuser first.


ST