ROFLMAO!!!
Actually, it is "Cricut". But I can easily see you reading it as "Circuit". That would be funny if they had called it the "Circuit".
http://www.cricut.comI don't see why it couldn't be used, I used my old Graphtec vinyl cutter to cut a PCB pattern and used that as direct etch resist.
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I could see someone using a vinyl cutter such as the Cricut to cut rubylith for photo exposure. You'd be able to do finer lines than what I attempted since you would not be moving the pattern from the backing.
I've used my vinyl cutter to cut vinyl which I've then applied on front panels or used as paint masking or sandblast masking.
However, I think the Windows software to run a Cricut is extra.
Steve Greenfield
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "drmail377" <drmail377@...> wrote:
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> Have a look at these machines (coincidentally) named "Circuit" and "Circuit Expression". The Circuit machine has been on sale recently for around $85 USD. They seem to be some sort of automated X-Y paper cutters.
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> I wonder if these could be hacked to cut solder masks, or better yet hacked to cut exposure masks for photo-sensitive PCB's? Anyone have any experience with this? Link:
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> www.provocraft.com
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> Regards, David
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