Homebrew PCBs

At 11:30 AM 10/3/2008, you wrote:

>Has anyone tried attaching a very fine pen to a cnc then etch the pcb
>board? Right now I'm using pcb-gcode but it's a pain because it takes
>so long to remove all the material when 95% of the board is empty
>space and 5% traces. Also until I get my vacuum holder, it is hard to
>be quick with the setup. I'm thinking a pen mounted in the holder
>will be able to write the traces better perhaps then I can chemically
>etch them. Has anyone tried this? Thanks.
>Henry
>

I have not tried it but the pen should have some kind of spring 
pushing it into the PCB at a constant pressure rather than ridgedly mounted..



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