I've been drooling over the Brute for a while . . . guess I need to
start scrounging parts and build that thing!
-Dave
Kevin Morgan wrote:
> Hi Myc,
>
> Here's a picture of my mill.
>
> http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/photos/view/a89e?b=4
>
> I don't have any plans for this mill, and I wouldn't recommend this
> design to anyone... it has a number of problems. I'm going to replace
> it eventually. It was built over a month of weekends using ideas I
> gathered from the web.
>
> One good resource is cnczone.com. There's lots of info there.
>
> Also, let me recomment John Kleinbauer's plans. He's a member of this
> group. His website is
>
> http://crankorgan.com
>
> I bought his "Jester" mill plans a few months ago, and they look very
> good. I haven't made the time to build it yet, but I'm very
> impressed, and it's well worth the price.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Mycroft2152 <mycroft2152@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> Doesn't matter, you found a process that worked for
>> you. Thats the trick everyone forgets, get it working
>> for themselves and not try to 'convert' everyone else
>> to their process. Share their success but leave the
>> preaching at home. :)
>>
>> I thought the holes were drilled with a cnc, they were
>> very straight. I'm considering building a small cnc
>> driller. Any photos or plans for yours?
>>
>> There was a thread here but it got swamped.
>>
>> TANSTAAFL!
>>
>> Myc
>>
>>
>> --- Kevin Morgan <prizes@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Myc,
>>>
>>> LOL. This is not my first try. I just haven't been
>>> reporting the
>>> failures!
>>>
>>> Before the laser printer, I'd had some marginal
>>> success with
>>> photocopying onto the Staples paper at Kinko's, but
>>> it was a real
>>> pain, and the results were not that great. I had to
>>> do a lot of
>>> touchup, and then afterwards, I found that the image
>>> had been
>>> stretched, so I couldn't use my mill to drill the
>>> holes.
>>>
>>> I've also had very good success with isolation
>>> milling, using the
>>> cutters from Think and Tinker and my home built CNC,
>>> but I don't
>>> think that would work very well for the smaller SMD
>>> packages, so I've
>>> been wanting to find a way to get TT to work for me.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "mycroft2152"
>>> <mycroft2152@>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Kevin,
>>>>
>>>> Isn't it great when a plan comes together!
>>>>
>>>> You've found the right combination of printer,
>>>>
>>> paper and laminator
>>>
>>>> right away. Usually it takews a lot of trial and
>>>>
>>> error to acheive
>>>
>>>> your results.
>>>>
>>>> It sounds like the Techno LM 1910 is the same as
>>>>
>>> the XEROX XRX 1910
>>>
>>>> laminator. It works great, doesn't it. It provides
>>>>
>>> the right amount
>>>
>>>> of heat at the foil setting.
>>>>
>>>> TANSTAAFL!
>>>>
>>>> Myc
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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