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This laminator any good

This laminator any good

2010-05-20 by acidblue

Found this on net kinda by accident.
It's $14.50 but want to make it's the right one.
Didn't see the model # in the database, just GBC 9" creative.

Re: This laminator any good

2010-05-20 by acidblue

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> Found this on net kinda by accident.
> It's $14.50 but want to make it's the right one.
> Didn't see the model # in the database, just GBC 9" creative.
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Re: This laminator any good

2010-05-20 by acidblue

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--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "acidblue" <sunblaster5@...> wrote:
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> Found this on net kinda by accident.
> It's $14.50 but want to make it's the right one.
> Didn't see the model # in the database, just GBC 9" creative.
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Re: This laminator any good

2010-05-20 by Richard

Pulsar recomends this laminator for it's heat transfer products:

http://www.pulsarprofx.com/PCBfx/main_site/pages/direct_etch/index.html

We solved this illusive problem by using an unmodified, "off the shelf" pouch laminator made by GBC. We tested a dozen different makes and only the GBC proved to work for our purposes. At $69.95, our "Personal" model we call a "Toner Image Applicator" (or TIA) finally puts to rest the problem of how to apply the correct pressure and heat. In one quick pass you're image is properly fused to the copper surface. The transport mechanism moves your board through at 6sec/inch.- PULSAR








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> > Didn't see the model # in the database, just GBC 9" creative.
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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] This laminator any good

2010-05-21 by Roger Blair

I bought two at 9.95 ea. For spare parts for my 69.00 model several months back. This model is a single temperature unit, as opposed
to my Pulsar recommended model which is a dual temp unit. If you can find replacement temp sensors with higher cut-in/cut-out
values, it's still not a bad price. I haven't yet found the right combination to do what the higher heat dual temp does. Even that
is not as high of temp as it needs to be. (IMHO)

Regards,

Roger





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Found this on net kinda by accident.
It's $14.50 but want to make it's the right one.
Didn't see the model # in the database, just GBC 9" creative.





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Re: This laminator any good

2010-05-21 by sailingto

> I bought two at 9.95 ea. For spare parts for my 69.00 model several >months back. This model is a single temperature unit, as opposed
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Where did you find them for $10 each? The one shown is only a single heat model, which I "think" is about the same as the high setting on the dual heat version like Pulsar sells.

You can buy from the ebay seller "MyBinding"

http://tinyurl.com/28exxyf for $25 shipped. I changed the heat sensor to allow hotter temps for laminating and it works just fine. You really need up around 300ºF for good TT. The stock laminator as sold by Pulsar tends to max out around 290ºF or so, then cool down to 250ºF or so before kicking back to heat mode. Let it get to the max temp, run board thru a couple of times and it does work very good.

The first two laminators I had looked exactly same as the one sold by Pulsar, but now they only have the single heat model for same price of $25 shipped. Harbor Freight also has a laminator at a low price, but don't know anything about it.

Have fun - Ken H.

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: This laminator any good

2010-05-21 by Harvey White

On Thu, 20 May 2010 23:49:00 -0000, you wrote:

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>Pulsar recomends this laminator for it's heat transfer products:
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>http://www.pulsarprofx.com/PCBfx/main_site/pages/direct_etch/index.html
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>We solved this illusive problem by using an unmodified, "off the shelf" pouch laminator made by GBC. We tested a dozen different makes and only the GBC proved to work for our purposes. At $69.95, our "Personal" model we call a "Toner Image Applicator" (or TIA) finally puts to rest the problem of how to apply the correct pressure and heat. In one quick pass you're image is properly fused to the copper surface. The transport mechanism moves your board through at 6sec/inch.- PULSAR
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While pulsar may think that this works in one pass, a similar GBC
laminator (Pulsar says that any GBC is fine) may require more than one
pass.

Experimentation is still recommended.

Harvey
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>> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "acidblue" <sunblaster5@> wrote:
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>> > It's $14.50 but want to make it's the right one.
>> > Didn't see the model # in the database, just GBC 9" creative.
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