Making pcbs at home

[Tigers1]

Gudday all

I have artwork for 2 small PCBs as a photocopy/printout. I have been
trying to get the circuits onto single sided board via the Techniks
material (www.techniks.com) so that I may etch but without success.
Is any one familiar with this product i.e. had success with it?
Is there another method or products out there that I might be able to use?

 

[F Murtz]

Gudday all

I have artwork for 2 small PCBs as a photocopy/printout. I have been
trying to get the circuits onto single sided board via the Techniks
material (www.techniks.com) so that I may etch but without success.
Is any one familiar with this product i.e. had success with it?
Is there another method or products out there that I might be able to use?

Press-n-peel PCB transfer film,
various suppliers including Jaycar
Bit finicky about which brand of inkjet you use

 

[Adrian Jansen]

Gudday all

I have artwork for 2 small PCBs as a photocopy/printout. I have been
trying to get the circuits onto single sided board via the Techniks
material (www.techniks.com) so that I may etch but without success.
Is any one familiar with this product i.e. had success with it?
Is there another method or products out there that I might be able to use?

At a price of about $1.00 per sq in, and a setup charge of $10.00, I
would never bother to make PCBs at home again.

See http://batchpcb.com/index.php/Products

 

[terryc]

Inkjet? I've never used the stuff, but I thought a laser-printed image
was needed for use with Press-n-Peel.

I tthought you needed to apply heat (iron on( the laser printed stuff.

 

[F Murtz]

I tthought you needed to apply heat (iron on( the laser printed stuff.

OOPS again, It is a while since I used it, it needs dry toner based
copier,It does not like brother printers (they use higher setting temp
apparently)And you do use an iron.

 

[Jasen Betts]

Gudday all

I have artwork for 2 small PCBs as a photocopy/printout. I have been
trying to get the circuits onto single sided board via the Techniks
material (www.techniks.com) so that I may etch but without success.
Is any one familiar with this product i.e. had success with it?
Is there another method or products out there that I might be able to use?

The general consensus is that press-n-peel is the best brand of
iron-on PCB etch-resist (and you have already found them at
www.techniks.com).

You must get the board shiny-clean, grease-free, and dry before
applying the press-n-peel, also you need to use the correct iron
temperature.

pre-heating the board in an oven can help too.

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[terryc]

OOPS again, It is a while since I used it, it needs dry toner based
copier,It does not like brother printers (they use higher setting temp
apparently)And you do use an iron.

Tried adjusting te amount of toner upwards for the print?

 

[F Murtz]

Tried adjusting te amount of toner upwards for the print?

It worked on the hp copier I used But I remember reading warnings from
several places not to use a brother. You can use some laser faxes I
gather.(not brother)

 

[scatter]

The general consensus is that press-n-peel is the best brand of
iron-on PCB etch-resist (and you have already found them at
www.techniks.com).

Is this the blue press n peel that jaycar sells? If so, I did a lot of
testing with it and found it to be quite inconsistent. I then tried
toner transfer paper and had much better results.

 

[Jasen Betts]

Is this the blue press n peel that jaycar sells? If so, I did a lot of
testing with it and found it to be quite inconsistent. I then tried
toner transfer paper and had much better results.

It's good to know that it doesn't work for everyone. Performance must depend
to some extent on the toner used, and possibly environmental factors.
others have had success with kaolin coated newsprint (cheap glossy magazine
and advertising paper) and the backing paper from self-adhesive labels.