[sdiy] Fwd: Re: Personal Pcb milling machines ???

[charlie wallace]

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From: "charlie wallace" <charlie at finitemonkeys.com>
Date: Dec 30, 2015 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Personal Pcb milling machines ???
To: <rsdio at audiobanshee.com>
Cc:

I have an accurate cnc 560h for about 5+ years now. It's been great resource

It has a camera for fidicuals. You cut one side.  Drill and align by two
droll holes it marks out

I can do 4 mil repeatable and everything I do is smd. I use the lpkf rivets
for vias and we picked up an electro plater off ebay for a few k

I've made 100s of prototypes at home on it over the years it's been great.

The bits I pick up from precise bits and there's Andrews bits on ebay you
can get them for less than 10$ drill bit city has lots of drills for cheap

I have only broken a couple of bits  on it. Usually router bits while
cutting because I hadn't setup the software correctly and had never noticed
https://charliex2.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/a360_test1a.png example cut

Chris over at accurate cnc has been great resource .

People often pop over at the weekend to my place to make something and it's
a great teaching resource where people can go from learning to making a
board
On Dec 30, 2015 11:12 AM, <rsdio at audiobanshee.com> wrote:

> Metrix Create:Space here in Seattle has a milling machine that they use
> and also make available by the hour for customer projects. I don't know its
> capabilities, but I do recall that drill bits break, and alignment is done
> by drilling guide holes before the PCB is fabricated - so that the drilling
> can line up with the traces. I also don't recall how long it takes to
> complete a board.
>
> I believe it's a lot of work to master the many steps required to finish a
> board this way. I suppose it can be faster than ordering a board from an
> outside shop, but you'll be spending a lot of time that you could use more
> productively on something else.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2015, at 6:18 AM, Dan Snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone on here own a pcb Miller ? I am starting to spend a lot on
> quick prototypes and am just wondering if throwing down a couple grand
> would mean I could go straight from a gerber to a testable board in an hour
> >
> > But I'm sure there are downsides
> >
> >
> > Any info appreciated!!
> >
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