At 17:54 01/04/2002 +0000, you wrote:
Tony,
You should also say the $18 included shipping and handling
to your country. You left out your shipping but I still shipped.
You're right, and my heart bleeds for you. However, even subtracting the shipping, it was an expensive way of buying 15 sheets of paper - and at least if they'd been blank sheets I could have re-used them...
One year has passed. I have designed several more cheap CNC
machines for hobbiests. Have you finished your book on milling
circuit boards?
No, but in the intervening year I have added more *free* articles to my own website, on other topics. Work on other stuff has gotten in the way of paying serious attention to PCB milling, but it is still on the list.
And by the way, for the benefit of other visitors to John's website, before you pay $35 for his plans of a 4th axis constructed out of "Two gears, a floppy drive stepping motor and some PVC" (to quote John' own words), check out:
which describes how to construct a CNC 4th axis that, unlike John's design, is actually usable for light milling of materials harder than soft wax or wood - I have successfully used it to machine items in brass and steel, for example.
A year is a long time!
You're right...and a year on, $18 for sweet FA is still way too much.
Regards,
Tony
