The other day was my parents' anniversary and I was watching my mom make a card for my dad using some weird letters that she transferred onto paper by rubbing them with this little wooden stick, and as I watched, I noticed that they all transferred perfectly, there wasn't a missing serif to be seen. She said they'd stick to anything, so I got to thinking about using these for home-etch PCBs. Here's what I'm talking about: http://cgi.ebay.com/Basic-Grey-DESIGNER ... dZViewItem
So, I was wondering if you could get these in custom printed designs... Because if you could, that could really make it easier, I know that I personally have a lot of trouble with toner-transferring....
You're about 20 years too late with that idea. Rub on symbols for PCB design where a common OTS (off the shelf) item before CAD became popular. They were usually used on paper or mylar rather than on the PCB itself. I think I still have some somewhere.
That sounds like fun, do you have any idea where/if I could find some of that low budget stuff today? You said pin stripe car tape? That sounds like it's still around...
Once upon a time, Radio Shack sold exactly what you're talking about. They were transfers you could rub directly onto the copper board and then etch away. I made few simple boards with those and a resist pen.
Cool thanks. I might actually try that (despite macegr's implied dissuasion) because I've been having some MAJOR toner-transfer problems as of late. I can't figure it out, but NOTHING will transfer. I'm getting about 10% of the toner on the copper... I'm doing everything the same... Not sure what's going on
