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Back in 1969 when I attended a meeting at the Morrabbin and
District Radio club the guest speaker was Harold Hepburn
VK3AFQ. He gave a very interesting and informative talk and
demonstration of designing and making a printed circuit board.
His example was a 2-meter pre amp circuit, which was hand drawn
onto a PCB with a marking pen and then etched with ferric
chloride.
Since that time I have tried different methods in the quest for
perfection. A couple of years ago I started using the ultra
violet light and photo etching methods with some excellent
results. Unfortunately there was often several attempts
required before a fault free board was produced. This method
was rather expensive for the one off projects.
Advantages
This method is simple to use and can be carried out in limited
space such as in the kitchen. There are no messy chemicals and
no special environments required such as dark rooms and dust
free workshops.
1. PCB Design Program. 1. Produce the artwork for the PCB using a
2. Laser printer. design program or the artwork supplied with
3. Electric Iron. the project.
4. Transparency Film. 2. Copy the artwork onto transparency film
5. Printed Circuit Board. using a laser printer.
6. Plastic Dish. 3. Transfer the artwork to the PCB using an
7. Ammonium Persulphate Etchant. electric iron.
8. Jex Steel Wool. 4. Etch the PCB with ammonium persulphate.
5. Rinse and clean board.
Detailed Method
Further developments:
It is possible to produce a double sided printed circuit board using small pilot holes to accurately align the top and bottom.
John (VK5CU)
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