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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-19 by Stefan Trethan

yes i think that s it. i never operated it, i haven t seen anyone doing that. i think this machine was no longer used beause the bearings of the drilling

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-19 by Stefan Trethan

i have also seen a setup where the drill came from underneath. i have no idea how you cold see it with this unit. but it looked not very expensive. wait.. now

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-19 by Leon Heller

... I use a Minicraft drill and stand, similar to the Dremel units. It isn t very good - it s quite easy to break carbide drills. A friend of mine has a PCB

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-19 by Stefan Trethan

i thought of manual drill press, moving the pcb with your hand. i know there are such devices sold especially for this task and they are qite expensive. but

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Re: How I make my PCBs

2003-05-19 by Jonathan W

... many people. ... file. Or a ... I ve also used ... Works well, ... drill your ... too wobbly ... Harbor ... Much cheaper, ... works ... I guess I haven t

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Re: How I make my PCBs

2003-05-19 by Jonathan W

... your boards? ... diamond wheel? ... normal drill bit so that it works ... anyone ideas? ... I use a dremel tool on a dremel drill press stand with used

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Re: Strobe lights to expose boards?

2003-05-19 by Jonathan W

... It s not necessarily a goofy idea -- something like it is used in some pattern generator machines to make chrome masks for semiconductor processing. The

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Strobe lights to expose boards?

2003-05-19 by Steve Greenfield

I had a goofy idea once that I never followed up on. Using a camera strobe with the UV filter removed to expose photosensitive boards. The plan was to

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-19 by Adam Seychell

Fluro tubes have disadvantage producing of wide angled light. In my experience this light source produces problems with light under cutting the photomask and

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-19 by Hans Wedemeyer

Mike, No problem, I have also been making boards for many years. Just assume when someone tells me it can be better I would like to know what can be better

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Re: How I make my PCBs

2003-05-19 by bjeff65

... John, Thanks for enlightening me! I find it almost amazing with such a clear disparity between the possible sources that I really haven t seen such a clear

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Mike Putnam

Hans, Don t take it wrong. I have been in the business for many years and only wanted to give you some tips. Feel free to ignore them. -Mike ... From: Hans

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Re: How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by John Myszkowski

I can shed some light on the bulb wavelength... All regular incadescent bulbs have very little UV generating ability. They come in coated versions where mostly

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by JanRwl@AOL.COM

In a message dated 5/18/2003 9:32:17 AM Central Standard Time, ... Stephan: To your first question: WOW, you would be talking close to $100,000 (U.S.!) for a

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Stefan Trethan

it is nice to see this here. i have also seen this effect of stronger exposure in the center. i have used a setup with distance about the same as pcb with. i

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Re: How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by bjeff65

... comment ... give more ... market use ... not so ... thing about ... trying ... florescent ... Mike, This seems like a great place to jump in. I m very

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Zoran A. Scepanovic

Hello Stefan, 18. May 2003, 21:20:47, you wrote: ST it is nice to see this here. ST i have also seen this effect of stronger exposure in the center. ST i

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Hans Wedemeyer

Mike, H mm as I have pretty good looking boards and can do 5 mil all day long ! Here s an example http://hans-w.com/pcb_harwin_rivets.jpg I ve only been using

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Mike Putnam

Hans, I looked at the picture of your UV exposure setup. I just wanted to comment that I would never use the round bulb. Use the florescent tubes and your

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Stefan Trethan

i have the spray pausklar 21 here. this is a light oil which smells like the oil in orange peelings. it should make the paper transparent (to uv). i used it

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Leon Heller

... ESR (http://www.esr.co.uk) sells a spray to make paper transparent. I haven t tried it. I ve heard of people using cooking oil, and tried it once; it

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Leon Heller

... I scribe it on both sides as a guide, then score it with a Stanley knife. It then snaps quite cleanly. Leon -- Leon Heller, G1HSM Tel: +44 1424 423947

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Hans Wedemeyer

Chris, I ve done a lot of tests and found the following transparencies to work well 3M CG3300 is good down to 10 mil Appolo CG7060 does 5 mil all the time. I

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Re: ipa, ethyl alcohol

2003-05-18 by Steve

Denatured alcohol seems to be a mixture of primarily ethanol. However, it does contain some other stuff that may be why I ve observed it affecting plastic. It

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Chris Graham

... I make boards almost exactly the same way, also using Eagle. I print with a Brother 5040 laser printer at 1200 dpi on overhead transparency slides. I ve

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Re: ipa, ethyl alcohol

2003-05-18 by Steve

... the usual ... to use ... Over here, Denatured Alcohol is sold in hardware stores as a paint stripper for some kinds of paint. Here s a site that lists

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Stefan Trethan

nice description. i have never seen this pcb material here but also have no need for it (have plenty of fr4 for.. well lets say many years.) the problem with

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How I make my PCBs

2003-05-18 by Leon Heller

I ve been making my own PCBs at home for about 40 years, starting by painting the pattern onto single-sided PCB material using a fine paintbrush and cellulose

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] ipa, ethyl alcohol

2003-05-18 by Stefan Trethan

i m wondering if there is methanol in any spiritus. i think you are right, this may dissove plastics. do you think there are also other substances used or it

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] ipa, ethyl alcohol

2003-05-18 by Leon Heller

... Denatured alcohol contains methanol, to stop people drinking it. The methanol in it might be more likely to dissolve some plastics. Leon -- Leon Heller,

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] ipa, ethyl alcohol

2003-05-18 by Stefan Trethan

i am aware of the fact they are not the same. maybe my english is too bad but i only wondered if denaturated alcohol (called spiritus here) is ethanol. if yes,

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