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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB EDM MILL Initial Tests

From: Cristian <bip@...>
Date: 2006-07-17

> . I think
> > this is the secret of successful pcb edm'ing.
> >
> > This is really looking as if direct raw copper board
> > to finished pcb is going to be possible.
> >
> > Roger

Roger, it works, for sure at the beginning, when there are enough copper
to create the opposite polarity/electrode, but how you manage to fire
the last sparks,
when there are no more connection to the opposite polarity/electrode?
Are you advancing line by line in horizontal lines?

Could you explain your bmp to Machine software?
Cristian