Laser print and iron onto a PCB? Wow. How things have changed. I've been
buying PCB's for my son's analog-music-synth-from-scratch project for months
now. Had I known, maybe I would have saved some money.... except I believe
ferric chloride is also a hazmat, no?

"steveukman" wrote in message
ups.com...
I found a good source for it at All Electronics
(http://www.allelectronics.com)
They supply the solid stuff (ferric chloride) rather than the more
'spillable' solution. I found ferric chloride works better than
anything else I've tried. I have found them to be prompt and helpful.
They are also a treasure trove of 'odds and ends' for all kinds of
projects.

If you are making PCB's, they also stock 'transfer film'. Just print
on a laser printer and iron on to the PCB. It transfers better than
laser-anything else. I was getting really frustrated (trying all kinds
of papers and other materials) until I found this stuff ... never had a
bad board since!!!! I even do double-sided with it with great results.

There are a few schematic capture and PCB layout programs for free that
seve me well ... making it much easier than 20 years ago. Hmmmmm ...
can I produce an EFIS for under $1,000?

Hope this helps.
Steve


Charlie wrote:
Ernest Christley wrote:
Getting ferric chloride from Radio Shack is getting problematic. Is
there a common household chemical that I can use for etching a circuit
board or two? I seem to remember Jim Weir having an article about how
to do it in the not to distant past, but I can't find anything about it
in my back copies of Kitplanes.
How 'bout:

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...en&btnG=Search

Charlie




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