Homebrew PCBs

The aluminum channel for the Brute is now availible on
the web. Check Crankorgans site for the link.

Myc

--- David Frascone <dave@...> wrote:

> I've been drooling over the Brute for a while . . .
> guess I need to 
> start scrounging parts and build that thing!
> 
> -Dave
> 
> Kevin Morgan wrote:
> > 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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