QuantumCheese
- Apr 27, 2012
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Hi all,
I've been at this for a while now and with reasonable results (single sided only obviously). I would like to try DS but among the many pitfalls I have encountered along the way, i discovered that my HP laser output isn't to scale - it changes from the top of a sheet to the bottom!
Anyway, back to the point. I started with the traditional approach, printing acetates, uv exposure, various chemical baths etc, finished job. but then i came across the "press and peel" method which cuts out the need for a couple of the chemical stages and gets straight into the etching bit and i was wondering if anyone else on here uses it? (and if so, what degree of success have you been having?)
It seems to come in two flavors, Blue & Yellow, these numbers are ebay item numbers in case you have no idea what i'm on about! Yellow - 251426505370, Blue - 111279259955
With the Blue type I have had pretty good repeatable results, however with the yellow it's been a total disaster! I bought the yellow because it's a fraction of the price of the Blue, but if it's rubbish its not exactly saving me money is it!
Please chime in with your stories - good or bad, maybe we can help each other out
Below is an example of a few simple boards i made today with the Blue sheets.....The ones I tried to make with the Yellow got scrubbed they were so bad!
I've been at this for a while now and with reasonable results (single sided only obviously). I would like to try DS but among the many pitfalls I have encountered along the way, i discovered that my HP laser output isn't to scale - it changes from the top of a sheet to the bottom!
Anyway, back to the point. I started with the traditional approach, printing acetates, uv exposure, various chemical baths etc, finished job. but then i came across the "press and peel" method which cuts out the need for a couple of the chemical stages and gets straight into the etching bit and i was wondering if anyone else on here uses it? (and if so, what degree of success have you been having?)
It seems to come in two flavors, Blue & Yellow, these numbers are ebay item numbers in case you have no idea what i'm on about! Yellow - 251426505370, Blue - 111279259955
With the Blue type I have had pretty good repeatable results, however with the yellow it's been a total disaster! I bought the yellow because it's a fraction of the price of the Blue, but if it's rubbish its not exactly saving me money is it!
Please chime in with your stories - good or bad, maybe we can help each other out
Below is an example of a few simple boards i made today with the Blue sheets.....The ones I tried to make with the Yellow got scrubbed they were so bad!