Homebrew PCBs

Hey guys - over the weekend I worked on milling my own PCB :) I used Diptrace and Ace and milled it out on my homemade CNC machine - came out OK for my first one!

check it out here if anyone's interested http://www.backyardworkshop.com/blog-posts/most-recent/176-milling-a-circuit-board.html

is anyone else using Diptrace and some CAM app to make PCBs on their CNC machine? I would love to see other people's projects and successes as it feels sometimes like I am fumbling around LOL

pcb2gcode is awesome, imho.

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:36 AM, backyardworkshop <
jamie@...> wrote:

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> Hey guys - over the weekend I worked on milling my own PCB :) I used
> Diptrace and Ace and milled it out on my homemade CNC machine - came out OK
> for my first one!
>
> check it out here if anyone's interested
> http://www.backyardworkshop.com/blog-posts/most-recent/176-milling-a-circuit-board.html
>
> is anyone else using Diptrace and some CAM app to make PCBs on their CNC
> machine? I would love to see other people's projects and successes as it
> feels sometimes like I am fumbling around LOL
>
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>


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Thanks Joe I will check that out - It takes dxf or gerber files and
converts to G Code I'm guessing?

Jamie
Check out my CNC projects (and more) at http://www.backyardworkshop.com



On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:43 AM, joe M <joe9mail@...> wrote:

> pcb2gcode is awesome, imho.
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> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:36 AM, backyardworkshop <
> jamie@...> wrote:
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> > Hey guys - over the weekend I worked on milling my own PCB :) I used
> > Diptrace and Ace and milled it out on my homemade CNC machine - came out
> OK
> > for my first one!
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> > check it out here if anyone's interested
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> http://www.backyardworkshop.com/blog-posts/most-recent/176-milling-a-circuit-board.html
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> > is anyone else using Diptrace and some CAM app to make PCBs on their CNC
> > machine? I would love to see other people's projects and successes as it
> > feels sometimes like I am fumbling around LOL
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> >
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> Hey guys - over the weekend I worked on milling my own PCB :) I used
Diptrace
> and Ace and milled it out on my homemade CNC machine - came out OK for my
> first one!
> 
> check it out here if anyone's interested
> http://www.backyardworkshop.com/blog-posts/most-recent/176-milling-a-
> circuit-board.html


Nice job - and a thank you for turning down the volume.  :)

If you save your pennies you could get one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhH05jNyjCk.  

Tony

Now THAT's very cool!

Jamie
Check out my CNC projects (and more) at http://www.backyardworkshop.com



On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Tony Smith <ajsmith1968@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> > Hey guys - over the weekend I worked on milling my own PCB :) I used
> Diptrace
> > and Ace and milled it out on my homemade CNC machine - came out OK for my
> > first one!
> >
> > check it out here if anyone's interested
> > http://www.backyardworkshop.com/blog-posts/most-recent/176-milling-a-
> > circuit-board.html
>
> Nice job - and a thank you for turning down the volume. :)
>
> If you save your pennies you could get one of these:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhH05jNyjCk.
>
> Tony
>
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>


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> Now THAT's very cool!


It is indeed, but will take a lot penny saving to afford.  Give it another
10 years...

I was rather impressed when I saw that, particularly as copper is the
hardest metal to laser; indeed some lasers have their mirrors made from
copper.  I later found the trick is they use a UV laser (smaller wavelength
than the CO2 laser most of us can afford).

Tony