Yahoo Groups archive

Homebrew PCBs

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 23:05 UTC

Message

ANother idea for applying resist....

2005-06-27 by lcdpublishing

I know, someone else has already thought of this but if not, here is 
an idea.

A while back I suggested the possibility of an altered ink jet 
printer that could be used to print resist onto a circuit board.

Another idea I had was to use a plotter (or even a CNC machine) and 
a resist pen to draw out the resist areas.  I have not used a resist 
pen yet, so I don't even know how fine of a line you can draw with 
them but I think you get the idea.

I know, you are thinking "If I have a CNC router, why not just mill 
the trace outlines". I agree, but I am just wondering which would be 
more efficient with regard to time and tooling.  Those little mills 
are pretty pricy and I would guess they don't last very long.  But, 
at the same time, I am not sure of the cost of etchants and resist 
pens.

Just some thoughts I need to share and ponder.

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.