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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Fanatical hobby projects was: MultiLayer was: What is your favorite free PCB-CAD

2006-09-14 by Russell Shaw

derekhawkins wrote:
 > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Adam Seychell <a_seychell@...>
 > wrote:
>>I'm currently building a spray etcher, and I know that the
>>improvement in etch quality and time I'm going to save isn't that
>>significant
> 
> Suppose you won first prize in a homebrew PCB making contest and the
> prize was either a CNC drill setup or a spray etcher, which would you
> choose assuming you had neither already and reselling the prize wasn't 
> an option?

His spray etcher looks pretty damn impressive and is a harder thing to
get working right because of the other design problems involved rather
than just a bit of X-Y positioning using a couple of motors;)
I can make a milling machine any old time. The main challenge for
that is decent control software.

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