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Re: Scratch & Etch Process

2005-02-04 by crankorgan

Try this

http://mynock.dhs.org/pcbmilling/


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "onenastyviper"
<oneNastyViper@h...> wrote:
> 
> Hi guys, I have now set my plotter up for scratch-etching (carbide 
> tipped modified plotter pen)
> I am not able to understand how to get the plotter to scratch though 
> a resist to expose copper to etch away and isolate tracks.
> I have Eagle (free version) and Proteus PCB software packages...
> What is the process to go from a PCB in gerber or hpgl to an HPGL 
> code file that will trace the outlines of the tracks??
> 
> thanks, PK

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