BTW, I see that Enco has what appears to be the same thin air die
grinder that Harbor Freight Tools has. The difference for me is
that HFT is within a few minutes drive of me, and Enco is about 45
minutes away. So I can try the HFT's one and if it has too much
play I can return it easily.
I'm gonna have to replace my Dremel eventually, anyway, and I've
got a decent compressor already. So even if it isn't quite good
enough for a mill/engraver, I can still use it.
The hose on it is -very- flexible. I think it just blows the
exhaust out around the head, though. I'd prefer a more controlled
output so I could use it as a venturi vacuum to remove chips.
Steve
--- crankorgan <
john@...> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> Dave is ok in my book! He was honest from the
> start. He just needed to know about milling bits and what
> programs to use. What is really scary is I also designed
> a simple spindle unit. I stopped work on it at the end. It
> needs a machined part. An adapter to go from 1/4" shaft to
> a 1/8" bit. We think alot alike. He started thinking about
> a simple indexer. Then he stopped by my page and found one!
> More and more people are milling circuit boards.
> Dave is using round pads. They look nice but the cause
> lots of lines of code. This can come back to bite you if
> you have to rework the code. Almost one hundred lines of code for
> each pad. I use an eight sided pad. Daves machine is very tight
> with the use of the antibacklash nut-spindle and machined guides.
>
> John
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Steve Greenfield <alienrelics@y...>
> wrote:
> > --- crankorgan <john@k...> wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > Here is a PCBMilling. Dave Kush built the machine by
> just
> > > loking at my website. I did give him some FREE info.
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.calweb.com/users/d/dnjinca/pcbmill/imdex.html
> > >
> > > John
> >
> > Very cool! I notice that even though he built it on his own, he
> > still recommends buying your plans.
> >
> > I love the way he built the spindle!
> >
> > Here's the link to all his projects, worth a look:
> >
> > http://www.calweb.com/users/d/dnjinca/projects.html
> >
> > Steve Greenfield
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