• @Poayjay
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    222 months ago

    My wife has a cricut. It’s a little CNC plotter table that can make custom stickers, signs, and whatnot with a very clean UI. They are pretty popular with the stay-at-home mom crowd. If you know a better way to high quality color prints on specialty papers I’d love to hear it. I know that sounds sarcastic, but I mean that with absolutely zero sarcasm. Please tell me.

    • @[email protected]
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      192 months ago

      That sounds like a legitimate use case, tbh.
      Sometimes the complexity of a “better” system isn’t worth it when a “lesser”-but-easier system exists that produces satisfactory results.

      I know PCB etching enthusiasts have developed a way to transfer laser toner onto copper PCBs.
      I wonder if there is a similar system that could be done, but between print paper and product paper.

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        92 months ago

        The transfer is done because it’s really hard to feed a PCB into a printer.

        Color is the main concern.

        • @[email protected]
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          22 months ago

          Ah, right enough. I remember destroying a $20 inkjet so I could feed PCBs through it.
          I stopped prototyping my own PCBs before I got into UV transfer or toner transfer. Its been a good many years

          • @SpaceNoodle
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            32 months ago

            One lab I was in used a CNC mill to route boards. It was pretty effective, and really great for custom geometry like encoders formed to the back of motors or boards doubling as structural components.

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              2 months ago

              I bought a 3d printer with an eye to get back into PCB fab… Either by swapping to a CNC head, or by printing plastic onto PCB.
              I just don’t make enough PCBs these days to justify the FAFF of making it work. Which is a shame. I bet if have a lot of fun