Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "mikezcnc" <eemikez@c...> wrote:
> Hi Dave and Stefan,
> 
> I beg to disagree a bit on the subject. I feel that Ballendo is 
> not 'just another seller'. He is one of us, meaning that he is 
really 
> one of us. If it were my board I would issue a waver for that 
machine 
> and any other product that is truly benefiting this hobby. 


Here is where I disagree.

THIS hobby is MAKING PCB's, and NOT making machines that make PCB's.

TurboCNC, Xylotex, Gecko's  ??? I would venture to say that 95% of 
the people on this list don't have a clue to any of those three 
products and will never need to.

They are squarely in MACHINE BUILDING and have nothing to do with 
making PCB's.

There are multiple machin building and design lists and although it 
is an interesting topic for many of us, does not make it a mainstream 
topic for this list.

John's and Ballendo's machines are dead center for making PCB's and I 
am sure are more than welcome here.  People selling supplies would be 
just as welcome.  I think there is a guy who sells sensitized boards, 
but he rarely posts about them on here. (if he is lurking, send me an 
e-mail off list)

Any talk about the tools that make boards are dead center for this 
list, but talk about the parts that make the parts that are part of 
the thing that makes boards is a little far removed.  And to that 
end, My point is that on a machnine tool list, you will have 
mechanical engineers with years of experiance in building machines 
and who may never have made a PCB.  and on this list I think we have 
Electrical engineers who have years of experiance designing and 
making PCB's, but have never made a machine to make a pcb.

I think allowance is made to post the totally commercial venture as 
it does pertain to the list and he is a member and all that.

I do agree with Stefan that most of us should have sent a privite 
post to Ballendo and not one to the list.  Making transactions for 
sales in not proper for the list.

Dave