Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:26:36 +0100, Dave Mucha <dave_mucha@...>  
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > If all you do is a board a month, I would actually suggest you do them
> > by hand.  I don't think you would argue with that.
> > But, like a power screw driver vs. a manual one. the power tools do
> > come in very handy.
> > Dave
> 
> 
> I do agree a CNC can be useful.
> 
> All i didn't agree with is that it is some sort of ultimate solution. 

Whew, you can say that again !

> I is  
> like buying that power screwdriver and expecting it to do the work
of an  
> entire assembly line all by itself.

That is always a problem.  Like any other tool, it takes time to learn
how best to use it, and even then, there are times when it is not the
best tool for the job.


> A CNC needs someone to operate it, and needs a host of other
equipment to  
> make useful PCBs besides it. But you know that.
> 
> ST

I do know that, and it is something everyone should know.  Especially
those who have never used one.

Put another way...  CNC is NOT some sort of ultimate solution !

It IS a tool that can do things a person cannot, or rather it can do
things faster than would take a person to do.

Dave