Hi Ed,
I've been a member of that group for over a year now. The topic of a
pcb driller has been brought up, but has pretty much ignored and
looked down at. Their main focus is the CNC Milling of pcb's. This
requires a sturdier beefier design and more expensive design.
The best advise you'll see from that group is buy one of
Crankorgan's plans and build it.
I'm still amember of that group,hoping to glean a few gems if info
from it. But The group hass accomplished more in the last few days
than the other group has in the last year!
So I vote to keep this topic here and I've already started building
mine.
Myc
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Okerson" <ed@o...> wrote:
> A search on yahoo groups shows one group already doing similar
things:
>
> CNC-PCB_Design
>
> Dunno how active they are, but it is free to join.
>
> Ed
>
> >
> > A few people seem to be saying they are going to build something
along
> > the cnc lines etc, what about a concerted group effort, organize
> > ourselves etc and build a one-off machine thats been well
thought out
> > with the knowledge of us all.
> >
> >
> > 1) Its a cooperative build, everyone has a right to their
opinion,
> > disputes settled by a quick straw ballot/vote etc no point
arguing over
> > an item for weeks slowing us all down.
> >
> > 2) It may be best to do this in separate groups for the hardware
part of
> > the build to geographic availability of parts. (country not
county!)
> >
> > 2a) software etc knows no bounds, so that should be same world
over with
> > maybe the development of language packs.
> >
> >
> > 3) Maybe shift it to another group to avoid clogging up the
pcb/toner
> > threads with stepper motor resistance / drive current threads etc
> > (group created at cncpcb-homebrew@yahoogroups.com can soon be
deleted if
> > not needed)
> >
> >
> > 4) if you disagree with all this and think its best to build
alone, tell
> > me to shut up!
> >
> >
> >
> > just a thought.
> > cncpcb-homebrew@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Be sure to visit the group home and check for new Bookmarks and
files:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >