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cholin:

Sounds awesome :)  Give it a go, but remember that when people say stuff, they don't necessarily follow through, as with your other board's thread :P  I like the idea though.

Just off topic, where do you get your boards made, and what/how do you create your prototype ones?  I was thinking of creating a board prototype using the "iron-on" method, but Im a bit worried that Ill mess up.  Not to mention that money plays a huge factor.

Hoagie_one:

im not familiar with this iron on method, whats that all about?

Trimoor:

You use a laser printer to print the circuit on special transfer paper, place this on the copper clad board, and press down with a clothes iron.  It should leave etchant resistant marks on the board.

I tried it a few times, but it never worked.  Half the traces never stuck the the board, and the rest had dozens of micro breaks in them.

There are also mechanical etchers/routers: a computer controlled router table for cutting small quantities.  They are horribly expensive to buy, but here is a link on how to build one.

cholin:

You probably cheaped out on the paper for the iron method then, because I read some huge thing about it and it said staples paper worked wonders...ill find the site for you....

http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg/gooteepc.htm

Trimoor:

No, I used expensive stuff made specifically for this.  Maybe I should try photo paper.

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