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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Using EDM to cut PCBs

From: Steve Greenfield <alienrelics@...>
Date: 2002-05-28

You would -really- have to plan the cut path carefully. As soon as
an area is cut free from wherever your contact point is at, you can
no longer cut that area.

Steve Greenfield

--- curt_rxr <rxr@...> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Has anyone used EDM to cut the traces on a PCB? You
> would
> still have to drill through holes, but with surface mount parts
> the
> number of holes would be limited. Since EDM uses only minimal
> contact
> and no rotating parts the problems with rigidity are reduced and
> the
> problems with quills go away.
>
> CWR


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