Homebrew PCBs

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:18:23 +0200, lcdpublishing  
<lcdpublishing@...> wrote:

> Hmm, read through it, I think it was written by the marketing
> department
> Chris


No i think it says pretty well what the problems are with milling.
It is a crude way to do things and will not have the same quality of  
results.
I would not be surprised at all if this document was written by a guy that  
signs with Bungard, the marketing department wouldn't allow negative words  
about one of their products.

You will cut into the epoxy. You will need expensive cutters that dull  
quickly.
The possible resolution is lower than what you can do with etching.
It is slow and noisy. Keeping the tool in the right height isn't easy.


I don't say it isn't possible or anything, but just don't expect it to be  
the magical solution ;-)
As you already have the CNC there is really no reason why you shouldn't at  
least try it out though.

ST