Homebrew PCBs

you want the pcb-gcode (Eagle) yahoo group for that. 

This is probably the better place though for all around, drilling could be by cad/cam (Bob-cam or?) but the traces just cant be near as fine as a good photolithography set up can. For a lot of boards though an all milling set up would be ok I guess, just a lot of dust and mill/drill bits to go through, the noise etc., if you want to spend that much just look on eBay for a used LPKF machine.

The way I'm setting up is with an internally heated 4 silicon roller laminator and dry film negative laminate sheets, pretty much as fine as you can print on transparency you can etch.


Robert

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Jay" <elfchief-yahoo@...> wrote:
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> Howdy, homebrew folks.
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> I've done a bunch of googling, searched the homebrew PCB archives, and the like, and the information I've been able to find on this subject is... sparse. So, I figured I'd ask more directly.
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> I'm looking to spend probably a few thousand dollars in the near future for a CNC setup at home. Though not exclusively for them, PCBs is one of the things I'd like it to be able to do well.
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> Unfortunately there seems to be very few resources out there that list what setups are actually available, how they compare, that kind of thing. I can find a site here or a site there that give a little information, but frequently not enough to really be useful.
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> So, my question is... is anyone familiar with such a resource, that would list the options (specifically with PCB milling in mine), the pros and cons of each, etc? Or, does anyone have a cheat sheet they can post (or email) that at least lists the options?
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> I really appreciate any information that folks can toss my way.
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> Thanks!
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> -jay
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