3d printed stencils

[MatthewCampbell]

What do you guys do to make stencils? I'm experimenting with 3d printed stencils, mostly cause I want to be able to prototype more boards at my office. But some of the details come out very poorly on small smt parts

 

[Stitches]

Laser cut vinyl works if the resolution is good and the machine is well tuned, but nothing beats just buying stencils with the PCB order

 

[MatthewCampbell]

AI was telling me use Mylar, what material do you suggest ?

 

[Stitches]

AI was telling me use Mylar, what material do you suggest ?

A roll of heat transfer vinyl would work fine, but a stiffer and more durable material would be ordinary paper lamination pouches. You can cut the fused end off to separate each pouch into 2 sheets and run them through a drop cutter or laser cutter, or you can print your stencil locations on a piece of paper, put the laminate sheet on top, and cut the holes out by hand.