[sdiy] Re: Possibly quick / cheap pcb service - anyone interested?

[Ingo Debus]

Am 01.02.2010 um 19:08 schrieb Olav Martin Kvern:

>  The LPKF machines typically have depth and edge sensing features  
> that interact with the milling software.

That's probably true for their current machines, but, as I wrote,  
this was many years ago. This was a pure mechanical solution: the pin  
was mounted on the unit which also held the milling tool. While  
milling the unit was pressed down, so with the height of the pin  
(adjustable with a screw) the milling depth was adjusted.

That pin could also be disengaged to mill the outer contour of the PCB.


> (They're also pretty much limited to making PCBs--I needed a more  
> general-purpose machine.)

It could do front panel engraving too. Not as nice as Schaeffer though.

Ingo