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Subject: Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling

From: "crankorgan" <john@...>
Date: 2003-08-19

Arnie,
The spindle speed on the Taig is toooo slow. You need 16,000
rpms to mill circuit boards at 6" per minute using a two fluted
mechanical etching bit. What is your top speed 10,000 ?
John




--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "acfrankenberger"
<acfrankenberger@y...> wrote:
> I have a Taig mill I was hoping to use to mill out (trace
isolation)
> and drill some circuit boards. Would phenolic based boards make the
> milling process less demanding on the tool bits? Could I avoid
dust
> collection?
>
> Does anyone have a source for phenolic copper clad boards?
>
> Thank you,
> Arnie