> 
> I actually use an inkjet printer with transparencies with 
> very very good 
> results at the moment - it was just a bit of a mad idea I 
> suddenly had as 
> I've been looking at building a 3 axis PCB drilling machine 
> and this could 
> easily be bolted on.
> 
> Obviously exposing a whole board by laser would be a nightmare - the 
> distance the head would have to travel would be lengthy.
> 
> But ..... if you left most of the copper on the board and 
> only exposed 
> places where you definitely don't want copper then it becomes 
> more feasible.
> 
> Dom

LPKF already does this with both mechanical and laser ablading.

Not cheap equipment though.

The laser based machines can do some spiffy flex circuit boards.

Rob

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