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Tamerica Model SM-330 laminator question

Re: Tamerica Model SM-330 laminator question

2016-11-23 by smblkchevy@...

I just bought one last week.  It's a nice machine.  I read somewhere on the pcbx.com web site that the maximum thickness is 0.040".  I'm to scared to try the 0.063" board material.  Good Luck!

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Tamerica Model SM-330 laminator question

2016-11-24 by Steve B.

I have one and it's made pretty well. It feeds just about anything I've been able to throw at it.

Heats up really well also. I will check on the thickness of the boards I've been using when I get back into town next week.

But I've used it with some pretty thick aerospace surplus double sided boards. Seems to help with pre-heating the boards with a heat gun or just laying them on top of the Tamerica.



On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 5:58 AM, smblkchevy@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

I just bought one last week.  It's a nice machine.  I read somewhere on the pcbx.com web site that the maximum thickness is 0.040".  I'm to scared to try the 0.063" board material.  Good Luck!


Re: Tamerica Model SM-330 laminator question

2016-11-24 by Kevin Byrne

Has an one used this laminator also listed on pulsar site to help other person who posted.http://www.ebay.com/itm/110V-12-5-Metal-Frame-Hot-Cold-4Rolls-Pouch-Film-Laminating-Machine-Laminator-/261802359454?hash=item3cf4a2fa9e:g:yqgAAOSwKtlWleOU

Re: Tamerica Model SM-330 laminator question

2016-11-24 by gebowes@...

I would not be too sure this is the equivalent model to the one on the Pulsar site.
Note the temperature control and meter on the Pulsar site versus this one with a select switch. I suspect this model has a way lower max temperature than the generic Apache clone.

Also the maximum material thickness is shown as 0.010" (250 microns) in the detailed specs which is way to low. The decal on the machine does show 250 mil which would be a quarter inch but I suspect that they meant 250 microns.

Graham


---In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, <kbyrne10@...> wrote :

Has an one used this laminator also listed on pulsar site to help other person who posted.http://www.ebay.com/itm/110V-12-5-Metal-Frame-Hot-Cold-4Rolls-Pouch-Film-Laminating-Machine-Laminator-/261802359454?hash=item3cf4a2fa9e:g:yqgAAOSwKtlWleOU

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Tamerica Model SM-330 laminator question

2016-11-24 by Cecil Bayona

On 11/24/2016 8:21 AM, AncelB mosaicmerc@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
> Hi, do u think that laminator would benefit from a mod like this one?
> https://cdn.hackaday.io/files/3363143882592/Toner-Transfer-laminator%20video.mp4
>
> https://hackaday.io/project/3363-apache-al13p-laminator-one-pass-pcb-toner-xfer
>
>

You still need to do the hardware modifications to allow a thicker board
thru the unit.

I bough one from Jamesco and it works well, I don't have to sit there
and put the board through multiple times, while it does it's thing I get
the etching chemicals ready, also make sure you set the right
temperature for the heater.

--
Cecil - k5nwa
http://thepartsplace.k5nwa.com/

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Tamerica Model SM-330 laminator question

2016-11-25 by alan00463@...

>I bough one from Jamesco and it works well, I don't have to sit there
>and put the board through multiple times, while it does it's thing I get
>the etching chemicals ready, also make sure you set the right
>temperature for the heater.

>--
>Cecil - k5nwa

Which one [laminator] did you buy, Cecil ?

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Tamerica Model SM-330 laminator question

2016-11-25 by Cecil Bayona

On 11/24/2016 9:24 PM, alan00463@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
>>I bough one from Jamesco and it works well, I don't have to sit there
>>and put the board through multiple times, while it does it's thing I get
>>the etching chemicals ready, also make sure you set the right
>>temperature for the heater.
>
>>--
>>Cecil - k5nwa
>
> Which one [laminator] did you buy, Cecil ?
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Posted by: alan00463@...

Apache AL13P, I have two of them, on one is in the box has not been
opened and is a backup. For a while they were really cheap so I bought a
spare. The kit is worth it, not only for the PCB features but also for
the safety features, there is no over temperature sensor or circuit to
shut off the laminator but the board monitors the temperature and shuts
the heaters off to prevent fires from over temperature, and has a cool
down mode to allow the rollers to cool down so they don't deform.

The ALP13P is very heavy duty but has one major failing, it doesn't have
an over temperature sensor to prevent fires


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Cecil - k5nwa
http://thepartsplace.k5nwa.com/