Tony,
Learn to read! $20 not $35. My 4th axis "Pooka" can be built
with hand tools. To build your designs a person needs a machine
shop. Lets face it your designs are nothing new. You must own a
bunch of old mags that you steal from. My designs are innovative
and fun! Keep putting up free stuff, because nobody is going
to pay you for something they can buy cheaper. Get a life!
Where is the moderator! My first message and this guy shows
up!
John
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Tony Jeffree <tony@j...> wrote:
> At 17:54 01/04/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> >Tony,
> > You should also say the $18 included shipping and handling
> >to your country. You left out your shipping but I still shipped.
>
> You're right, and my heart bleeds for you. However, even
subtracting the
> shipping, it was an expensive way of buying 15 sheets of paper -
and at
> least if they'd been blank sheets I could have re-used them...
>
> >One year has passed. I have designed several more cheap CNC
> >machines for hobbiests. Have you finished your book on milling
> >circuit boards?
>
> No, but in the intervening year I have added more ∗free∗ articles
to my own
> website, on other topics. Work on other stuff has gotten in the way
of
> paying serious attention to PCB milling, but it is still on the
list.
>
> And by the way, for the benefit of other visitors to John's
website, before
> you pay $35 for his plans of a 4th axis constructed out of "Two
gears, a
> floppy drive stepping motor and some PVC" (to quote John' own
words), check
> out:
>
> http://www.jeffree.co.uk/Pages/divheadmk2.html
>
> which describes how to construct a CNC 4th axis that, unlike John's
design,
> is actually usable for light milling of materials harder than soft
wax or
> wood - I have successfully used it to machine items in brass and
steel, for
> example.
>
> > A year is a long time!
>
> You're right...and a year on, $18 for sweet FA is still way too
much.
>
> Regards,
> Tony