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I have used prepasted wallpaper. Print on the paste side and soak it off after ironing.
It may be an old thread but it has long legs
Wow, this is an old thread. Aug 2006.
Good news, I still make PCBs the same way. Plain old picture paper and take my time.
I only got one or two barely usable boards with an iron and various papers. 5-10 minutes is a lot of work for a maybe. Found a surplus site with a $25 4" laminator, and while waiting for delivery found the Pulsar paper site. Both arrived same day, few hours a part. I'm etching boards in about the same time I was waiting for the iron to heat up.
Only problem with the laminator is that you can only use thin board, but probably not hard to modify. I like the thin board better anyway, since I work in low voltage/current, and it cuts easy in a paper cutter. Yeah, guess I'm kind of lazy, but I want to be soldering.
A drill press is also a good investment. So useful for many things, other than drilling dozens of PCB holes, without breaking the bit. $40 for an 8" benchtop, was well worth every penny.
Ha! Me too. Picture paper and I still get excellent quality boards. I've been trying out ammonium pursulphate and I'm not very happy with that. Will move back to FC.
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What is it that you do not like about ammonium pursulphate? I have not used it by will not go back to FE since I started with sodium pursulphate.
I know it is difficult to photograph copper but is there any chance of providing one or two. You did say execellent
I know it is difficult to photograph copper but is there any chance of providing one or two. You did say execellent
Your website doesn't come up. Time to feed the rats that are spinning the drive wheel cage, or get a scarier cat.
I took a picture of the etching issue I'm having with ammonium pursulphate. You can see the pock marking I'm getting.
What do you want a photo of, the issues with the AP, or just boards I've made with the picture paper?
The issues I've had with AP is the length of time it takes. I'm guessing that might be directly related to the second issue I have with it, which it does not give me crisp edges to the etched lines. I get a bit of pock marked edging. It's still very useable, but doesn't create nice edged lines like I'm used to.
This one was etched with AP. If you want to see the detail of the edging I'm talking about, I can break out the macro lens and show you the traces.
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I would consider this a regular FC board that I make:
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