[sudo-discuss] wax printer

[Jake]

what, you mean with an LCD monitor?  could you do this with the stock
backlight?

On Thu, 30 Nov 2017, Adam wrote:

> Actually it just occurred to me...
>
> If you wrote an app that calculates the screen size and displays Gerber
> images, then with a blue filter and fresnel lens you could easily expose
> photosensitive PCBs (and even align two side ones).
>
> On Nov 30, 2017 9:41 AM, "Jake" <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> you can also do the thing Morgan was doing, where you spray paint the
>> copper
>> and then use the laser cutter to remove paint wherever you want, and then
>> etch.
>>
>> and there's always the toner-transfer method if you can get a laser
>> printer to
>> work.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 30 Nov 2017, Cere Davis wrote:
>>
>> Might work.  Congrats on getting on of those!  Ya, like you said, or didn’t
>>> exactly say, I would need a mask that has an adhesive or have to use a
>>> vapor, which I’m really not set up to do.  As a plan B.  Does anyone know
>>> where I can use a high quality vinyl cutter?  AMT has a cutter, but I
>>> can’t
>>> get much resolution out of it before something ultimately goes to shit.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Adam <me at adammunich.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> i bought a form labs printer, might be good for making masks?
>>>>
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>>>> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Cere Davis <ceremona at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I gave up after a thousand paper jams etc. Sucked.
>>>>>
>>>>> ...emailing on the go...
>>>>> @ceremona
>>>>> http://ceredavis.com
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 29, 2017 5:55 PM, "Cere Davis" <ceremona at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ya, it keeps wanting a cleaing sheet and then jamming when I try to feed
>>>>>> it in via the tray or manual.  Gah!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Cere Davis <ceremona at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just tried the other printer after I sent that message.  I think I’m on
>>>>>>> the right track now.  It was the printer with an asset label but
>>>>>>> without a
>>>>>>> paper tray, initially.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> did you try both?  did either one of them print a test page?
>>>>>>>> (assuming there
>>>>>>>> was paper in the tray or in the manual-feed loader)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> note that the printer will throw an error if the paper tray is not
>>>>>>>> present.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 29 Nov 2017, Cere Davis wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ya, no, this printer is just not going to print.  If you’re coming
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> over to
>>>>>>>>> sudo tonight, I would love to know what the magic is to making this
>>>>>>>>> thing
>>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 9:15 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> one of them works, the other has mechanical problems i think (and
>>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>>>> paper
>>>>>>>>>> tray?)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> please put paper notes on the printers with whatever you discover,
>>>>>>>>>> for the
>>>>>>>>>> next
>>>>>>>>>> person...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> here's my imgur instructable about how to use these printers to
>>>>>>>>>> etch
>>>>>>>>>> pyralux
>>>>>>>>>> circuits (don't forget to bake the ink on before trying to etch!):
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://imgur.com/a/TbzsP
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -jake
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, Cere Davis wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hey is the wax primer working at Sudo or what needs to be done to
>>>>>>>>>> get it
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> functional?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Cere
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> *Cere Davis*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Science-Art | Kinetic Sculpture
>>>>>>>>>>> CereDavis.com
>>>>>>>>>>> @ceremona <http://Twitter.com/Ceremona>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> *Cere Davis*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Science-Art | Kinetic Sculpture
>>>>>>>>> CereDavis.com
>>>>>>>>> @ceremona <http://Twitter.com/Ceremona>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Cere Davis*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Science-Art | Kinetic Sculpture
>>>>>>> CereDavis.com
>>>>>>> @ceremona <http://Twitter.com/Ceremona>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> *Cere Davis*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Science-Art | Kinetic Sculpture
>>>>>> CereDavis.com
>>>>>> @ceremona <http://Twitter.com/Ceremona>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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