Homebrew PCBs

Hi 

I've build one out of a old Y/X table. The machine is made out of junk i
have had lying around except the Geko drive's for motor controllers. It's is
a bit rough around the edges but works well. I find it is faster to manually
drill a one off small PCB but if doing more than is is faster to use the
mill. One thing that is great is you can engrave your enclosures with
lettering and hardware mounts. I try and keep the components drill holes the
same as much as i can because it is a pain to change the drills quickly.
Also spend some time building a Vacuum table to hold your boards down.

I can send you a Picture or two if you want to have a look.

Cheers

Snow

 

 

 

From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of James
Sent: 19 March 2010 1:57 p.m.
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Using a home made CNC router for pcb milling?

 

  



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com> , "sailingto" <sailingtoo@...>
wrote:
>
> Well Mat - I was hoping someone would respond and get a discussion going
on CNC milling of PCB. I have been reading about it and it sure sounds slick
- the videos look good.
> 
> Double sided should be a snap. Drill holes are automated.
> 
> It all "sounds" good, but like you I'd like to know more.
> 
> Ken H.
> 
>

The hardware is the tough part, it has to be well made, sturdy and precise,
this usually means $$. If you only want to drill and not do any kind of
milling, it gets easier. The rest is easy, use a CAD program that outputs a
drill file and load that into the CNC software, TurboCNC is a common one
that you can download for free.



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