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Luca Erculiani's avatar

I've worked in my spare time this summer onto the same project. My goal was more focused towards creating a process that ease the transition of pcb designs from standard manifacturing to 3d printing. For instance by connecting each trace to a single point of contact with the anode via pillars that could [maybe someday] be automatically generated and than had to be removed after the plating, here a (failed) example with 2 traces https://imgur.com/a/L6cxBWA . You guys were faster/smarter :) Now I'm inspired to catch up again with this project, I'll try with a commercial plating solution instead of vinegar the next time.

BTW I found that by stirring the solution

(magnetic PTFE stirrer + ghetto style agitation plate made using magnets and a PC fan) during plating I was able to increase the current and decrease deposition time without damaging the piece.

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Romulo Sales's avatar

Used lazer for plates, Very Nice project

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