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  1. gogo2520

    New freeware to draw PCB

      I dL it and tryed it Looks good.                     Thanks gogo
  2. gogo2520

    Watts , amps?

    Sorry about that  just had to say it.   volts * (times) amps = watts and if you had a 110volt 100  watt light bulb  it would draw how many amps 110 /100  =1.1 amps  110 devided by 100 equals 1.1
  3. gogo2520

    Watts , amps?

    Ya confused try this 536 watts = 1 horse
  4. gogo2520

    PCB Etching Tank - Do it yourself

          hello everybody.       Plexglass and the glue  is not  cheep so making a tank might cost more then just buying one.   Some day I might buy a tank but right now I use tupperware cantainers for tanks, there cheep and if you shop around at yard sales or second hand stores you can  usual find...
  5. gogo2520

    Dual sided PCB

          Photo paper works ok but I use  Office Gloss paper, Its just as good and you can see through it with a brite light behind it. makes it easy to line up the two sides. then I staple the two together, slip the copper between them and Iron. Whats real nice about the office gloss is that its...
  6. gogo2520

    Iron-on PCB's w/ photo paper

      I have a old plastic bucket I toss my used up Ferric Chloride into then let the sun dry it out, then into the garbage it goes. They use Ferric Chloride in waste treatment sites all the time, it helps break down the solids.                                                         gogo
  7. gogo2520

    Which program saves *.pcb files?

      I use a cheap program called PCB Wizard that saves the file in *PCB format and they don't have a free trial . The prog only cost about 50 bucks.                   good luck gogo
  8. gogo2520

    Making PCBs with magazine's paper

      I tried a lot of different paper for making PCB's, Tried Photo Paper with good resluts but it took to long to soak the paper off then I read the magizine Post.     I used to work for a printing company and seen a lot of different paper. So I tried some high gloss paper that they used in the...
  9. gogo2520

    Cutting PCB's

        I'll have to try that scroring method. i picked up a 3 foot by 4 foot pice of D/S copper clad, thought I would save some money that way, what a waist after shipping it got dented and had scratches all over it, don' think it was that good of a peice to begin with.  Oh well live and learn.    ...
  10. gogo2520

    Making PCBs with magazine's paper

    I  found  That site useful http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg/gooteepc.htm Black and White Laser Printers are cheep. I buy mine at TigerDirect.com, They have alot of refub's for under a 100 bucks. The boards i make are small so the paper  I use, I first cut down in size something like  4 by 5...
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