{"id":123,"date":"2017-02-21T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T23:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/?p=123"},"modified":"2017-02-21T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T23:24:11","slug":"diy-kapton-stencils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/2017\/02\/21\/diy-kapton-stencils\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Kapton Stencils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/smt-manufacturing\/laser-cut-stencils<\/p>\n<blockquote data-secret=\"3BYd28sT5l\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozbotz.org\/kapton-stencil\/\">How to Laser Cut a PCB Solder Paste Stencil on Kapton<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ozbotz.org\/kapton-stencil\/embed\/#?secret=3BYd28sT5l\" data-secret=\"3BYd28sT5l\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How to Laser Cut a PCB Solder Paste Stencil on Kapton&#8221; &#8212; OzBotz\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>In brief<\/em>, convert gerber to SVG using gerbv. Transform features in inkscape. Send SVG\/PDF file to printer. Laser cut in vector\/raster form. Ozbotz seems to have amazing resolution using raster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Settings on EngPhys laser cutter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vector Cut &#8211; 30% Power, 30% speed, 600ppi works and cuts through 2 mil kapton. Proportional power increase for increased thicknesses? ppi can be increased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/smt-manufacturing\/laser-cut-stencils How to Laser Cut a PCB Solder Paste Stencil on Kapton In brief, convert gerber to SVG using gerbv. Transform features in inkscape. Send SVG\/PDF file to printer. Laser cut in vector\/raster form. Ozbotz seems to have amazing resolution using raster. Settings on EngPhys laser cutter Vector Cut &#8211; 30% Power, 30% speed,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37996,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[801873],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-prototyping","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37996"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/conphyusedgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}