Homebrew PCBs

Hi Myc,

Here's a picture of my mill.

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/photos/view/a89e?b=4

I don't have any plans for this mill, and I wouldn't recommend this 
design to anyone... it has a number of problems. I'm going to replace 
it eventually. It was built over a month of weekends using ideas I 
gathered from the web.

One good resource is cnczone.com. There's lots of info there.

Also, let me recomment John Kleinbauer's plans. He's a member of this 
group. His website is

http://crankorgan.com

I bought his "Jester" mill plans a few months ago, and they look very 
good. I haven't made the time to build it yet, but I'm very 
impressed, and it's well worth the price.

Kevin



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Mycroft2152 <mycroft2152@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> Doesn't matter, you found a process that worked for
> you. Thats the trick everyone forgets, get it working
> for themselves and not try to 'convert' everyone else
> to their process. Share their success but leave the
> preaching at home. :)
> 
> I thought the holes were drilled with a cnc, they were
> very straight. I'm considering building a small cnc
> driller. Any photos or plans for yours?
> 
> There was a thread here but it got swamped.
> 
> TANSTAAFL!
> 
> Myc
> 
> 
> --- Kevin Morgan <prizes@...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Myc,
> > 
> > LOL. This is not my first try. I just haven't been
> > reporting the 
> > failures!
> > 
> > Before the laser printer, I'd had some marginal
> > success with 
> > photocopying onto the Staples paper at Kinko's, but
> > it was a real 
> > pain, and the results were not that great. I had to
> > do a lot of 
> > touchup, and then afterwards, I found that the image
> > had been 
> > stretched, so I couldn't use my mill to drill the
> > holes.
> > 
> > I've also had very good success with isolation
> > milling, using the 
> > cutters from Think and Tinker and my home built CNC,
> > but I don't 
> > think that would work very well for the smaller SMD
> > packages, so I've 
> > been wanting to find a way to get TT to work for me.
> > 
> > Kevin
> > 
> > 
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "mycroft2152"
> > <mycroft2152@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Kevin,
> > > 
> > > Isn't it great when a plan comes together!
> > > 
> > > You've found the right combination of printer,
> > paper and laminator 
> > > right away. Usually it takews a lot of trial and
> > error to acheive 
> > > your results.
> > > 
> > > It sounds like the Techno LM 1910 is the same as
> > the XEROX XRX 1910 
> > > laminator. It works great, doesn't it. It provides
> > the right amount 
> > > of heat at the foil setting.
> > > 
> > > TANSTAAFL!
> > > 
> > > Myc
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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