[sudo-discuss] help with DIY PCB etching?

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Thanks, Jake!

For now, I think we'll just make some simple test patterns. How thin a line
do you think we can do with a simple toner transfer? Also, what is the
typical thickness of the copper layer on a PCB?

Patrik

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 12:36 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> I can help.  We have everything needed to do it in sudoroom.
>
> can you send the pattern you want to etch and tell me the exact dimensions
> you need for the copper lines?  and we need to be able to print the
> pattern, in mirror-image 100% scale, from a laser printer that we will feed
> glossy paper.
>
> and we'll need a clothes iron.
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2016, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>>
>> We could use some help with etching a printed circuit board at CCL next
>> Saturday. Anyone have experience doing this? Any special equipment
>> available in Sudo?
>>
>> The goal is not actually to make a PCB, but rather to use the copper
>> traces
>> of a PCB as a mold to cast silicone rubber on top, to make a microfluidic
>> circuit.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Patrik
>>
>>
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