Mark,
? That is some interesting stuff right there. I have it
bookmarked for later use. Who would have though you could convert
a cheap laser printer to replace the laminator. I just got my
Apache AL13P and a mod kit and of course the laminator shows up in
a smashed up factory box and I see the on/off switch is broken.
Once I get inside one of the roller is out of it's track (but
maybe I caused that when I removed the cover). I found a switch
and ordered it and wrote to the seller. I have yet to etch a
board. :-)
Thanks
On 3/9/2019 1:39 PM, Mark Lerman wrote:
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I borrowed Harvey's idea for an upside down drill press and made
this:
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And for those who haven't already seen it, here's my
Instructible for
converting a $35 laser printer (I paid $25 USD, including
shipping) into
a direct pcb printer. This modified printer prints resist
directly on
copper clad, NOT toner transfer, and easily does? 8-10 mil
traces.
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Mark
At 12:06 PM 3/9/2019, you wrote:
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Sat, 9 Mar 2019 10:14:09
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>Harvey,
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>?? Ok, so after re-reading this again, did you build this
from scratch
>or from exiting technologies?
Scratch.? The PC boards for the processor and display driver
and so
on
are home made double sided.? I did not make the linear rail,
bought
that.? Camera ditto.?
Stepper driver was homemade, another PC board, power supply
wasn't.
Basic support stand wasn't homemade.? Programming was a
special
purpose program, don't think I used an operating system on
this one.
however the display driver and such were off the shelf, but my
shelf.
Box was repurposed from an old disk drive enclosure (which is
where
I
got the power supply).
>Sounds like a pretty complex project. I
>won't be attempting that any time soon. :) But I sure
would like to
see
>a pic of it.
I'll work on getting pictures of it.
>My Apache Laminator arrived yesterday and the kit to
modify
>it the day before, so I am going to get started on that
shortly. Your
>project listed below is very cool but I don't know that I
would ever
>need to go that far into drilling my simple projects. I
may see about
>putting my USB magnifier to good use though as the eyes
are getting
older...
The techniques I needed to be able to do 10/10 double sided
boards
with relatively small vias, and those boards were pretty
packed, at
least as far as traces were concerned.
I got tired of not having the top layer match the bottom
layer.?
I
have some ruined boards because of that.? Considering the work
needed
to make a decent board, well, I wanted to maximize the return
on the
effort.
Harvey
