[Lab] Fire the laser!

[Darcy Whyte]

I don't think it's the right machine for PCBs.











On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Andrew O'Malley <aomalley at gmail.com>wrote:

> +1 on no cutting metal in the laser.
>
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> > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:56:47 -0400
> > From: bentfork at gmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [Lab] Fire the laser!
> > To: Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>
> > Cc: lab <lab at artengine.ca>
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> > The laser unfortunately  can't cut through metal.  The best one can do is
> to
> > coat the board in black spraypaint, remove it with the laser and use it
> as a
> > resist.
> >
> > http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/01/how-to-use-a-laser-to-etc.html
> >
> > On 29 August 2011 14:09, Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> We should try some copper clad board to see if we can cut a PCB with the
> >> laser... I've seen some people with fantastic success, and that laser is
> so
> >> fine that we could get some really accurate PCB traces with it.
> >>
> >> - Paul
> >>
>
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