Re: gEDA-user: DJ's PCB making procedure

2009-01-16 Thread John Griessen
DJ Delorie wrote: > Except that I *don't* drain it - that's the best part of CuCl is that > it's air regenerated, there's NO waste at all. The copper in solution > came from other boards I'd etched (you start with an HCl/H2O2 etchant > and slowly convert it). Right. If you do enough CuCl etchi

Re: gEDA-user: DJ's PCB making procedure

2009-01-16 Thread Ormund Williams
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 11:04 -0500, Rob Butts wrote: > Is it pretty much just following the pictures or is there some trick I >should know? > Just follow the pictures, though DJ luck is much better than mine. I have a laminator, etching tank and 4 litre bottle of enchant that I've been trying

Re: gEDA-user: DJ's PCB making procedure

2009-01-16 Thread DJ Delorie
> That tin plate solution is really old or you didn't clean the board > right ... I just forgot to rinse it after plating, that's all. It works fine all the other times. > And worst is that old thing CuCl, you are buying copper to etch copper > and drain twice the copper way. Except that I

Re: gEDA-user: DJ's PCB making procedure

2009-01-16 Thread Simão Pedro Cardoso
DJ Delorie wrote: > My technique, as shown, is not really much different than what is > documented online. You can read pretty much any toner-transfer > description and follow along with my photos. > > Note, however, that I've switched to using photofilm and CuCl etchant, > so I don't actually use

Re: gEDA-user: DJ's PCB making procedure

2009-01-16 Thread DJ Delorie
> I was wondering do you have written directions, not that the pictures aren't > self explanitory, that go along with it? Or should I go by Direct Etch > PCB's website? I thought I'd check before trying it. My technique, as shown, is not really much different than what is documented online. Yo

Re: gEDA-user: DJ's PCB making procedure

2009-01-16 Thread Rob Butts
Is it pretty much just following the pictures or is there some trick I should know? On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Ales Hvezda <[1]ahve...@gmail.com> wrote: [snip] > > I have the link to your pictures of you making a pcb at: > [1][2]http://geda.seul.org/projects

Re: gEDA-user: DJ's PCB making procedure

2009-01-16 Thread Ales Hvezda
[snip] > > I have the link to your pictures of you making a pcb at: > [1]http://geda.seul.org/projects/djs_pcbs/ > > I was wondering do you have written directions, not that the pictures > aren't self explanitory, that go along with it? Or should I go by > Direct Etch PCB's website? I

gEDA-user: DJ's PCB making procedure

2009-01-16 Thread Rob Butts
Hi DJ, I have the link to your pictures of you making a pcb at: [1]http://geda.seul.org/projects/djs_pcbs/ I was wondering do you have written directions, not that the pictures aren't self explanitory, that go along with it? Or should I go by Direct Etch PCB's website? I