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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: homebrew CNC

From: JanRwl@...
Date: 2006-04-16

In a message dated 4/16/2006 9:28:50 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
eldata@... writes:

anybody made 'his own' CNC drill/router?



See mine here: Photos; Jan Rowland (near end of all). The PET you see on
the left once controlled it. The last PET finally died several years back,
and I am now converting the drill-control circuitry to be controlled off the
LPT-1 of an ancient PC running MSDOS/GWBASIC. Does about 50 holes per minute.

This was a very educational project, built in 1984. Based upon some of the
details I taught myself doing that "PCB Drill," I subsequently built some
serious PC-controlled X-Y router gear for pipeorganbuilding shops, even one in
the UK. Too much work for lazy people, so I retired while still living!
JRR


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