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- From: agodwin@acorn.co.uk (Adrian Godwin)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Success! Resist Pen Works in HP Plotter!
- Keywords: resist pens, pcb, etching
- Message-ID: <18219@acorn.co.uk>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 13:27:43 GMT
- References: <78655@ut-emx.uucp>
- Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, UK
- Lines: 25
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- In article <78655@ut-emx.uucp> david@moe.ece.utexas.edu (david lee) writes:
- >
- >I admit that this is only a temporary solution, since not everyone has
- >an HP 7470A plotter. The goal is to fill a drafting pen (which is intended
- >for use with plotters) with a suitable resist ink. The following paragraph
- >addresses the ink issue.
- >
-
- How about using the standard pen to draw on a photosensitive resist, which is
- then developed and etched in the usual way ? It's more trouble than drawing
- direct on the PCB, but it does avoid the problem of fitting an unsuitable pen
- into a random plotter.
-
- I'd like to go one further than David and avoid the need for chemicals
- altogether : machining the copper surface directly. The cutter would have
- to be extremely small to do a useful job, but perhaps some sort of spark
- erosion system might do it.
- Does anyone here have experience of spark erosion machines ? What sort of
- voltage and current is used, and how much material can reasonably be removed ?
-
- -adrian
-
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- Adrian Godwin : agodwin@acorn.co.uk : adrian@fangorn.demon.co.uk : g7hwn@gb7khw
- ObDisclaimer : I believe this rubbish .. don't imagine that anyone else does.
-