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what are the wheels that look like volans, but where the spoke meets the outside of the rim the spoke is flattened out? someone has them on here with a white s70. the color he has the wheels is gunmetal/anthracite/charcoal etc... i need ze name of them

found em

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very nice. 1st?

Yep, first home made PCB. Had them made at fab houses before, but I wanted to do this at home. After putting everything together I realized I reversed a header, so time to make another one. Hopefully this time I'll transfer the toner better for the ground plane.

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what are you using? you check those links i posted?

Emptying my storage next weekend... gotta get my station set up biggrin.gif

Off-the-shelf Radioshack two sided copperclad board and Radioshack branded Ferric Chloride.

1. Cut the board with a bandsaw using 18TPI blade

2. Scuffed it up

3. Designed in EAGLE

4. Used transparency paper from Fedex/Kinkos with a laser printer

5. Transfered with a clothes iron (took 6+ tries)

6. Soaked a small square of sponge in FeCl3 and carefully rubbed the PCB, taking off the exposed copper

7. A few minutes later, had the board etched

8. Scuffed off the toner

9. Used carbide tipped drill bits with a dremel to make holes (a drill press would be useful here, but a flex attachment and a steady hand do just as well)

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very interesting. never heard of doing it like that.

this is basically the process I saw a lot of people using... maybe not with the fancy mg chem kits, but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sdcucoWj4E

also bought a paper guillotine for cutting... not sure how well that will work.

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The method I used is pretty much identical to the typical toner-transfer method. The only thing I did different was use the sponge technique in lieu of soaking the board in a container (takes longer, wastes more acid).

The paper guillotine might work well, since people use PCB cutters that do pretty much the same. I already had a bandsaw, so it made it very easy to cut what I needed.

http://retromaster.wordpress.com/pcb-making/

This guy does a great job at making PCBs, including applying soldermask.

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My mouth is on fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:

2 Red Savina Habanero's in my salsa.

and I cant stop eating it!!! ahhhhhh.

Also... note to self..

donot touch open cut before washing hands after handling peppers....

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mmmm ya... that's one thing I wanted to figure out - solder mask... i actually picked up some red stain glass paint... some people say that works well.

Glass paint will do it. Vitrea 160 seems to be what people try using.

I just went and made a new board, since I reversed a header in my first one. I used the same method, except this time I used a sharpie to fix any areas that peeled off. The great thing about the transparency film is that I can peel it off without soaking it in water. I was actually able to use the sponge technique and it didn't take off the sharpie.

I want to try a solder mask this time around.

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someone needs to bump up the thread of the guy that hit his car with a sledgehammer to collect insurance on it

bump it kevin. i swear to jesus rollerblading christ. see what happens.

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