[sudo-discuss] wax printer

Adam me at adammunich.com
Tue Dec 5 17:24:26 PST 2017


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On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> 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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>>>>> I seek to understand, and aim to create.
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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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>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Cere Davis*
>>>>
>>>> Science-Art | Kinetic Sculpture
>>>> CereDavis.com
>>>> @ceremona <http://Twitter.com/Ceremona>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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