Re: Parser for RS-274X header.
2002-04-25 by crankorgan
Hi Hans, I have you listed on my links. I sent a few people your way. They come back saying they want a simpler design or a premade board. I won t get into the
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Parser for RS-274X header.
2002-04-25 by hans@code-workshop.com
... I posted a complete design with PCB layout files and schematics at my web site, during the past years I have received 100 s or emails from people that have
Re: Parser for RS-274X header.
2002-04-25 by crankorgan
Hi Alan, I sell 4 axis unipolar controllers. They are heavy duty. I kept getting asked to make a Bipolar board. So I added a L298 to my design. A simple cheap
Re: Parser for RS-274X header.
2002-04-25 by Alan Marconett KM6VV
Hi John, Yeah, I remember when it was *Artwork* ! I ll try the .0125 grid. I take it you don t necessarily want anyone building the tit-for-tat? I suppose
Re: Parser for RS-274X header.
2002-04-25 by crankorgan
Hi Alan, The Tit4Tat can run relays, stepping motors etc. It has lots of outputs and several inputs. These type boards are used by budding programers. Rather
Re: Parser for RS-274X header.
2002-04-25 by Alan Marconett KM6VV
Hi John, I sent a copy to Dave, and I ve been to his site per a previous reference you made to him (His Mill Clone). I have ran the Gcode script with Eagle,
Re: Parser for RS-274X header.
2002-04-25 by crankorgan
Alan, Two things! Run this past Dave Kush at: http://www.calweb.com/users/d/dnjinca/ Also, have you played with the SCRIPTS that are in Eagle. There is one
Parser for RS-274X header.
2002-04-25 by Alan Marconett KM6VV
Hi to the Lists, I generated this demo RS-274X (Gerber) file header from Tci, a French PCB program (pardon my french). I ve had some of the parms explained
Re: PICBASIC-L OT Wash-Up
2002-04-24 by crankorgan
Steve, I saw a company on TV that was using nonlead solder. For flux they were using Lemon juice. Board was defluxed with water. I think it was a PBS program.
Re: PICBASIC-L OT Wash-Up
2002-04-24 by Steve Greenfield
Please feel free to join the Homebrew_PCBs mailing list and ask this question. I m forwarding it there, too. I don t require you to join to read the archives,
Re: Gerber- Pads-PLT-Surprise
2002-04-24 by Alan Marconett KM6VV
Hi John, Thanks for the explanation. I guess I never thought of traces looking like cartoons! Big wide grounds are good to have. And yes, they would require
Re: Gerber- Pads-PLT-Surprise
2002-04-24 by crankorgan
Alan, As you combine traces they get puffy and they start to look like cartoons rather than traces. Years ago (I am 50)each trace was a seperate pad trace pad.
Re: Gerber- Pads-PLT-Surprise
2002-04-24 by Alan Marconett KM6VV
Hi John, Thanks for the reference to TCI! Generates Gerber 274X, but I can extract the apertures by hand (my code doesn t do that... yet). Is this the test
Re: Gerber- Pads-PLT-Surprise
2002-04-24 by crankorgan
Hi Alan, Please note most people in the group will be using Kcam- TurboCad or Eagle. You seem to have a handle on the situation. The TCI program I got in the
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Gerber- Pads-PLT-Surprise
2002-04-23 by Alan Marconett KM6VV
Hi again John, Not to beat a point to death (or belittle a fine product), but FREEWARE KCam might not be the best example of generating Gcode from a Gerber
O.T. RE: PCB Pads/Traces, was Re: Homemade PCB milling machine
2002-04-23 by Alan Marconett KM6VV
Hi Tom, Glad to hear from you! Yeah, I ve been thinking that Carol and I should make a trip over there! I ve been keeping busy! Got some stepper drivers
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB Pads/Traces, was Re: Homemade PCB milling machine
2002-04-23 by Alan Marconett KM6VV
Hi John, Gcode circles are typically ONE line (old stuff needed 4). The Gerber (.GBR) output of Eagle seems to be fine. Very terse. Not a lot of points as
Gerber- Pads-PLT-Surprise
2002-04-23 by crankorgan
Hi Group, I made a test pcb in TCI3. I saved it as a Gerber file. I then put it in KCam. The round pads became eight sided shapes. Forty-two pads became over
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE: PCB Pads/Traces, was Re: Homemade PCB milling machine
2002-04-23 by Tom
Hello Alan, How goes it. I am still waiting for a visit from you sometime. Regards Tom Csibor. ... From: Alan Marconett KM6VV To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
PCB Pads/Traces, was Re: Homemade PCB milling machine
2002-04-23 by crankorgan
Hi Alan, If you do a circle in GCode it has four lines of code. If you use Eagle each circle becomes alot of points. The resulting code for a large PCBoard is
RE: PCB Pads/Traces, was Re: Homemade PCB milling machine
2002-04-23 by Alan Marconett KM6VV
Hi John, Not sure why you say it takes lots of lines of code to do round pads! Although I m working from a Gerber file (thinks pads and traces), the resultant
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Homemade PCB milling machine
2002-04-23 by Steve Greenfield
BTW, I see that Enco has what appears to be the same thin air die grinder that Harbor Freight Tools has. The difference for me is that HFT is within a few
Re: Homemade PCB milling machine
2002-04-23 by crankorgan
Hi Steve, Dave is ok in my book! He was honest from the start. He just needed to know about milling bits and what programs to use. What is really scary is I
Surplus chemicals- for etching?
2002-04-23 by Steve Greenfield
From another list I m on: Message: 18 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:01:40 -0000 From: kmfdm_nil Subject: Try an IMEX Catalogue (should be
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Homemade PCB milling machine
2002-04-23 by Steve Greenfield
... Very cool! I notice that even though he built it on his own, he still recommends buying your plans. I love the way he built the spindle! Here s the link to
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Homemade PCB milling machine
2002-04-23 by marble here
Heck of a good site thanks !!!!!!! John ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool
Homemade PCB milling machine
2002-04-23 by crankorgan
Hi All, Here is a PCBMilling. Dave Kush built the machine by just loking at my website. I did give him some FREE info.
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PC Board
2002-04-23 by JanRwl@AOL.COM
In a message dated 22-Apr-02 21:05:04 Central Daylight Time, JanRwl@AOL.COM ... OOPS! Correction! 30,000 FPM!!!!!!!!!!!! [Non-text portions of this message
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PC Board
2002-04-23 by JanRwl@AOL.COM
In a message dated 21-Apr-02 23:21:13 Central Daylight Time, ... Perhaps not if you use a CARBIDE blade of at least 4 in dia. with a SFM of at least 400 FPM.
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PC Board
2002-04-22 by Dwayne Reid
... I think you may be onto something here. Those saws cut fairly slow but that should not be a problem. The blade is more abrasive than saw-toothed - that
Re: Cutting PC Board
2002-04-22 by twb8899
A diamond blade band saw for stained glass works good and a small scroll saw works even better if you can find the diamond blades. Many years ago I picked up a
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PCBoard
2002-04-22 by Dwayne Reid
... Make sure you have a local saw sharpening outfit handy first if this is your only good blade. What I should have mentioned in my earlier message is that
Re: Cutting PC Board
2002-04-22 by caveteursus
I cut my finished boards using a laminates blade on my Delta Contractor Saw. While this is a big saw, it very acurate and repeatable. I can also mount a
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PC Board
2002-04-22 by milwiron@terrorbydesign.com
Hey All, I use a small bench shear but have been tempted to try a diamond tile saw from Home Depot. They look like small table saws but use a diamond coated
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PC Board
2002-04-22 by Steve Greenfield
... I think High Speed Steel will wear out pretty quickly. Why not carbide tipped? I m kicking myself, there was a small 7 1/4 inch tablesaw at the thrift
Cutting PC Board
2002-04-22 by grantfair2001
I was contemplating making a small table-saw style saw with a HSS slitting saw blade. Is that a plan doomed to failure? Grant
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PCBoard
2002-04-22 by JanRwl@AOL.COM
In a message dated 21-Apr-02 21:30:53 Central Daylight Time, ... Adam: Know this! It may cut FR4 (G10, etc.) OK, if the blade is properly sharp and
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PCBoard
2002-04-22 by Adam Seychell
... Hi, dwayne Well, if your experience shows there is no problem with table saws, then I should give it a try myself. The 60 tooth blade in my saw bench
Fwd: Re: Small (desktop-sized) shear?
2002-04-22 by Steve Greenfield
... http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=34104 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games -
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PCBoard
2002-04-21 by Dwayne Reid
... Gosh - I ve been using a radial arm saw to cut FR4 PCB material for at least 20 years. The blades are 10 carbide with 60 or more teeth. Nice clean cuts
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PCBoard
2002-04-21 by Adam Seychell
Oh, I wouldn t use a table saw bench designed for woodwork. The circular blade is a way bit fast. My variable speed jigsaw does it well, but make sure you use
Fwd: Re: [SeattleRobotics] Small (desktop-sized) shear?
2002-04-21 by Steve Greenfield
Whoo hoo! There s a Grizzly Industrial in Bellingham, WA (I m in Tacoma). Steve Greenfield ... __________________________________________________ Do You
Sniping attacks RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: re making a dxf into cam OT
2002-04-20 by Steve Greenfield
Daryl, well said. This is from the moderator: stop the sniping attacks! Reviews are welcome, sniping passive-aggressive attacks are not. Don t make me use the
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting PCBoard
2002-04-20 by Steve Greenfield
I ve used my tablesaw. I have a carbide toothed blade in it. Kinda scary, though, as most boards are pretty small (the ones I make, anyway) so I usually end up
Small (desktop sized) shear?
2002-04-20 by grantfair2001
Busy Bee (in Canada) sells an 8 wide shear for $245.00 Canadian, which is about $156.00 U.S. It goes on sale every so often for Can $200.00.
Tool Depth-Cutting Depth
2002-04-20 by crankorgan
Hi All, When milling circuit boards there is depth setting. One is in the software and the other is how long you set the bit in the spindle. Even if you set
Re: milling PCB Boards
2002-04-20 by crankorgan
Hi John, Use the ACE converter or KCam not both. KCam has an import box that will pull in a DXF. I suspect you forgot the cutting depth in ACE. Now KCam is
Re: milling PCB Boards
2002-04-20 by crankorgan
Hi John, In KCam there is a TRAVEL DEPTH and a CUT DEPTH. Make sure these two numbers are set in your setup. When you import a DXF into KCam the cut will
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] ammonia etching
2002-04-20 by Zoran A. Scepanovic
Hello Adam, Saturday, April 20, 2002, 1:01:10 AM, you wrote: AS How is your success with CuCl2 + HCl ? What are the concentrations used ? This AS sounds like
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Small (desktop-sized) shear?
2002-04-20 by Brian Pitt
check the sheet metal tools at http://www.grizzlyindustrial.com the large paper cutters at the office supply store work pretty well on PCBs also Brian