Make plastic printed circuits with a standard laser cutter

2018-09-03

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I developed a new chemical process to make double-sided PCBs with a laser cutter, and some common chemicals. This is intended to be used on SLA 3D-printed parts, but may work on many materials.

Refs:

http://infohouse.p2ric.org/ref/29/28004.pdf

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.527.5817&rep=rep1&type=pdf

http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/195088/3/chapter%202.pdf

https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-577X(03)00424-5

https://library.nrao.edu/public/memos/chem/CHEM_5.pdf

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/48645791.pdf

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mixing some copper oxide
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run an electrical current between the two plates
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dip it into the palladium chloride rinse
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heat it up to 40 or 50 degrees c
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coat the sample with oil
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dip it in sodium lauryl sulfate a very dilute solution
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put it in the laser cutter
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rinse the part in distilled water
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rinse it in distilled water
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cleaning it up with a little bit of naphtha
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get the copper to stick
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add a special powder to the plastic
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mix the powdered catalyst with the 3d printed resin
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stuff some epoxy with copper oxide
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vaporizing the epoxy resin
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