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TeleChrome writes in with a Flickized iron transfer how-to on making your own PCBs -

How to make professional-quality printed circuit boards right in your kitchen sink: This remarkable technique uses an ordinary laser printer to transfer a toner resist mask onto a piece of plain copper clad.
Electronic prototypes - Link.

Posted by Phillip Torrone | Nov 15, 2007 12:00 AM
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Posted by: ubi-randomtype on November 15, 2007 at 12:38 AM

this is a quite simple layout with fat traces. it's not hard to obtain excellent results with this technique in this case.
I've managed (through a lot of patience) to get very thin traces with toner transfer, but it's a tedious process.
I just took the challenge, and a week later I built my own exposure box.

photoset with toner transfer etchings
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twodotone/sets/72157600061770911/

photoset of my UV exp box
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twodotone/sets/72157600157140624/

some pics of results obtained using UV exp box
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twodotone/tags/UV-exposure

if you need precision (and speed), use UV


Posted by: svofski on November 15, 2007 at 10:04 AM

I fully support the previous poster. UV is the only way to do anything decent.


Posted by: on December 1, 2007 at 5:58 AM

The "kitchen sink" description might be a little misleading. Isn't it a bad idea to dump etchant and paint stripper down the drain?


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