PCB try #1: Fail.

I went and got all the stuff I'd need to make my first PCB:

• Some 6x6 inch single-sided copper clad boards
• A bottle of ferric chloride
• Samsung ML-1665 laser printer (only $39!!)
• 50 sheets of heavy (68lb) glossy photo paper

I followed all the steps: cleaned the board, printed the traces on the photo paper, and then did the transfer with an iron. However, the resulting transfer didn't work very well:

I'm going to try again tomorrow, with a couple modifications to my process:

• Sand the board with 600-grit paper before cleaning with alcohol and performing the transfer
• Use the tip of the iron to grind the crap out of the traces when doing the transfer

I'm hoping that this next attempt will be more successful.