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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Using a home made CNC router for pcb milling?

2010-03-18 by Kerry Wentworth

No.  I should do that, though.  One of these days.

Kerry

Erik Knise wrote:
> Have you posted pictures of your rig anywhere?
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Kerry Wentworth <
> kwentworth@...> wrote:
>
>   
>> That depends on how much junk you have around and how valuable your time
>> time is.  I built mine from an XY table my old boss gave me, a drawer
>> slide with a Dremel attached with hose clamps, some surplus stepper
>> motors and samples of Allegro driver chips.  I think the only cash
>> outlay I made was an $8 laptop so I wouldn't have to use my good one.
>> Of course, if I wanted to mill traces, the Z axis would have to be
>> perpendicular to X and Y, which it is not.  And more software would need
>> to be written.  But for now, it drills my holes and cuts out the board.
>> Then I use toner transfer.
>>
>> Kerry
>>
>> --
>>     
> Erik L. Knise
> Pacific Shipping Company
> Seattle, WA
>
>

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