Thanks Dwayne - I look forward to pictures; I have the damndest time
converting word descriptions into mental pictures,and I'm tired tonight.
Stainless and nylon do not stand up well to CuCl etchant, I am told.
But I have some 1/4" PVC rod and can tap holes in sheet PVC and thread
the rod if need be. It's also easy to solvent-weld PVC pieces together.
So I think I could use all PVC to make it, once I understand your
design clearly.
Grant
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Dwayne Reid <dwayner@p...> wrote:
> At 07:12 PM 4/6/03 +0000, grantfair2001 wrote:
>
> >I am curious how others hold their PCB in the etchant. I have some
> >1/4" PVC sheet I can use to make some kind of holder but no "aha"
> >experiences have come to mind yet.
>
> I'll see if I can verbally describe what I use. I'll also see about
> posting pictures in that folder on YahooGroups (later).
>
> 3 raw materials used for my PCB holders: 3/16" stainless steel rod
> (available from welding and metal supplier outlets), 1/2" thick
> polyethylene (I cut up one of those cheap plastic cutting boards from a
> Dollar store), nylon 10-32 bolts.
>
> 1) Slice the cutting board into 3/4" wide strips.
>
> 2) Separate the strips into 2 groups: end pieces and sliders. At this
> point, the pieces look the same - there is no difference between them.
>
> 3) Drill 2- 7/32" holes into the strips marked as sliders: about
3/8" from
> each end. The holes go through the 3/4" dimension. The holes all
have to
> line up: if you were to slide the stainless steel rod through the
holes,
> the resulting panel would look almost how it looked before you
sliced it up.
>
> 4) Drill a 9/64" into the end of each slider to that it meets the hole
> drilled through. Thread those holes with a 10-32 tap. If you slide
the
> stainless steel rod through the hole, you would be able to use a
10-32 bolt
> to lock the rod in place.
>
> 5) Drill 2- 11/64" holes into the strips marked as end pieces. They
must
> be in the same location as the holes in the sliders (about 3/8" from
each
> end). These holes are smaller than the diameter of the stainless
rod and
> are intended to be press-fit (hammered) onto the rods.
>
> 6) Use a router and V-bit to cut a V-groove into both long sides of
each
> slider and into 1 side only of each end piece. You are grooving the
narrow
> (1/2") dimension.
>
> 7) Cut the stainless steel rod into the length you want. You need 2
pieces
> for each holder. Use a grinder or file to round each end to that
you can
> easily pound the end pieces onto the rods.
>
> 8) Assemble the frames! Pound the stainless steel rods into one of
the end
> pieces, slip 2 sliders onto the rods, then pound another end piece
onto the
> ends of the rods. Thread nylon 10-32 screws into the locking holes
on the
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> sliders. Done!
>
> dwayne
>
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