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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Milling Boards

From: joe M <joe9mail@...>
Date: 2012-12-13

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Art Eckstein <
art.eckstein@...> wrote:

> ∗∗
>
>
> Joe,
> I forget where I saw it, but one rule of thumb is 1IPM per 1000rpm of
> the spindle. It seems to be a good starting place and of course might
> need tweaking depending on your exact setup.
>
> In the bit calibration program, yes I do have some problems with
> trace width less than .005" and I have not yet tried it in FR4. By
> the way, if your interested in the bit calibration as developed by
> Poul-Henning Kamp, you can find the information here
> <http://phk.freebsd.dk/CncPcb/calibrate.html>
>
> Art
> Country Bubba
>

Hello Art,

Quick question, How often do you run the above calibration to check if the
bits have dulled or if the cnc machines' runout is above tolerance? Or, is
there some method that you use to figure out the dulled bits?

Thanks
Joe


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