Homebrew PCBs

Hi John,

Well, I wouldn't say it's a "very simple program to write", right Dave? 
I've seen the three Gerber files from TCi.  Silk, component, and
solder.  Both component (green) and solder (red) have traces and pads. 
The silk (yellow) is component outline. 
I only saw a few random blue and red lines when I loaded a TCi gerber
file into KCam.  I suspect I have an old version.  As long as I can
convert the files, I'll just run them through my own "process".
 
Hay!  If the cost is high, maybe I can sell an inexpensive converter
program!

Alan  KM6VV


crankorgan wrote:
> 
> Hi Alan,
>         TCI makes three Gerber files. One of them has the
> pads and traces. When I plot the Gerber I get lots of
> BLUE lines. Red is cut and blue is travel. When I see
> more BLUE than Red I quit. I like my machine to spend
> it's time cutting not traveling all over. Most program
> that do outlines of traces are bogus. There are several
> new ones coming out. Big money! A very simple program to write. I
> think the cost is high because there are so few PCBMills in
> use. They are very expensive to buy. I got laughed at last
> year when I came out with my plans. Now there are several
> people with homemade PCBMills. Here is your chance to get
> in on the fun!
> 
>                                                  John
>