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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Using a home made CNC router for pcb milling?

From: Erik Knise <elknise@...>
Date: 2010-03-18

Have you posted pictures of your rig anywhere?

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Kerry Wentworth <
kwentworth@...> wrote:

> That depends on how much junk you have around and how valuable your time
> time is. I built mine from an XY table my old boss gave me, a drawer
> slide with a Dremel attached with hose clamps, some surplus stepper
> motors and samples of Allegro driver chips. I think the only cash
> outlay I made was an $8 laptop so I wouldn't have to use my good one.
> Of course, if I wanted to mill traces, the Z axis would have to be
> perpendicular to X and Y, which it is not. And more software would need
> to be written. But for now, it drills my holes and cuts out the board.
> Then I use toner transfer.
>
> Kerry
>
> --
Erik L. Knise
Pacific Shipping Company
Seattle, WA


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