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Re: First CNC milled board

2011-03-08 by buckeyes1997

oops wrong link
> http://www.allthingsrc.com/cnc/pcb_1.jpg  <--cut with 90deg bit
> http://www.allthingsrc.com/cnc/pcb_3.jpg  <--cut with 45deg bit


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "buckeyes1997" <buckeyes1997@...> wrote:
>
> I'm still fine tuning my milling process but its working really well so far.
> http://www.allthingsrc.com/cnc/pcb_3.jpg  <--cut with 45deg bit
> http://www.allthingsrc.com/cnc/pcb_3.jpg  <--cut with 90deg bit
> 
> Matt
>  
> 
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "byron.woltman" <brian.volken@> wrote:
> >
> > Craig,
> > My first milled PCB seemed to take F-O-R-E-V-E-R to mill.  Turned-out
> > the Gcode was not at all optimized.  After running the Gcode through an
> > optimizer, my milling time was cut by 60-70%.  See my blog entry for
> > details
> > <http://woodworkerbcncrouterproject.blogspot.com/2010/06/gcode-optimizat\
> > ion.html>  .   If it works for your Gcode, it would be totally worth the
> > effort.
> > The results of your milling look outstanding.  I tend to get a lot of
> > "curling" of the copper
> > <http://woodworkerbcncrouterproject.blogspot.com/2010/06/pcb-milling-att\
> > empt-2.html>  at the edges - not sure if it the tool or some operator
> > issue.  I still need a lot more milling experience, to be sure.
> > 
> > WoodWorkerB
> > 
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "designer_craig" <cs6061@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I have the cut rate fairly low so it took 16 minutes for the top side
> > and 25 minutes for the bottom side.  For some reason there were a lot of
> > small cuts on the bottom side related to the copper pour that slowed
> > things down.
> > >
> > > Craig
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

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