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Re: Milling Circuit Boards
crankorgan
Tony,
You should also say the $18 included shipping and handling to your country. You left out your shipping but I still shipped. One year has passed. I have designed several more cheap CNC machines for hobbiests. Have you finished your book on milling circuit boards? A year is a long time! John --- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Tony Jeffree <tony@j...> wrote: At 16:53 01/04/2002 +0000, you wrote:booklet too.You can mill circuit boards using a homemade machine and...and I see you are still charging $18 for your thin little having paid $18 to read it, it doesn't say anything that isn't alreadyavailable for free in the archives of this group, or via the various otherlinks that members of this group have posted. |
Re: Milling Circuit Boards
Tony Jeffree
At 16:53 01/04/2002 +0000, you wrote:
You can mill circuit boards using a homemade machine and...and I see you are still charging $18 for your thin little booklet too. To potential purchasers of this booklet...as far as I can tell from having paid $18 to read it, it doesn't say anything that isn't already available for free in the archives of this group, or via the various other links that members of this group have posted. Regards, Tony |
Re: PCB Mill/Drill Project
n4onl
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...> wrote:
No, your question would not be considered off topic on thebuilding of a hobby CNC machine.Thanks Tim, thats good to know. No direct experience with anti-backlash acme screws or a machinebased on linear bearings and rods, but I have done some PCB drilling on mythe time was .00025" and that worked out just fine. I would actuallyventure a guess that you could get by with resolution in the .0005" - .001"I've been doing some searching (see links below) and although I havent yet found many Hobby PCB Routing/Drilling sites but the commercial ones gave me some needed info. One unit that sells for $6k+ uses 0.00025" resolution and says MIT, NASA, ATT... use their products. With that in mind I agree that 0.0005" to 0.001" resolution would be fine for hobby use. I'll probably start using the Gecko 201 drives I bought from you (10 microstep, info for others) and then use it to make my own Drivers (probably L298 based) for this unit. It will probably double as an engraver. Something else to play with. :) I've also been emailng with Alan Marconett KM6VV whos also a member of both groups. For the spindle I am a big fan of using a collet style Foredomhave a small light spindle on the machine and gives you a spindle speedof 15,000 - 20,000 RPM depending upon the motor and handpiece you use.It worked well for me when I used one in my Shoptask. I am now using abetter, but can be a little spendy.This is more of a For The Fun Of It Project and won't see a lot of use so i'll be sticking to the RTX. But I agree that for frequent use and greater speed the Foredom Flexshaft would be a much better option. This project is also to get some Hands On experience with CNC, Stepper Motors, Linear Motion, CAM Software... before I build my CNC router, which is the reason I bought the Gecko's. Thanks mike Links at bottom for more |
Re: PCB Mill/Drill Project
Tim Goldstein
No, your question would not be considered off topic on the
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CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO group. It directly deals with the design and building of a hobby CNC machine. No direct experience with anti-backlash acme screws or a machine based on linear bearings and rods, but I have done some PCB drilling on my Shoptask and on my Bridgeport. My resolution was on the Shoptask at the time was .00025" and that worked out just fine. I would actually venture a guess that you could get by with resolution in the .0005" - .001" range. For the spindle I am a big fan of using a collet style Foredom flexshaft hand piece. This lets you mount the motor remotely so you have a small light spindle on the machine and gives you a spindle speed of 15,000 - 20,000 RPM depending upon the motor and handpiece you use. It worked well for me when I used one in my Shoptask. I am now using a Precise 40,000 RPM spindle in the Bridgeport and that works even better, but can be a little spendy. Tim [Denver, CO] Back-up CAD_CAM list mom -----Original Message----- |
Re: PCB Mill/Drill Project
n4onl
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Russell Shaw <rjshaw@i...> wrote:
and I found this group from a post in CCED. I hoped I'd get info here0.00025" if I half step.There's a home-brew cnc yahoo group: cad_cam_edm_dro. since Bill (list mom) might consider this Off Topic in that group. Thanks mike |
Re: PCB Mill/Drill Project
Russell Shaw
n4onl wrote:
There's a home-brew cnc yahoo group: cad_cam_edm_dro. |
Re: PCB Mill/Drill Project
Russell Shaw
n4onl wrote:
That's how i found this group too;) |
PCB Mill/Drill Project
n4onl
Hi everyone.
Just found this group and I have been skimming through the posts. I'm interested in building a CNC PCB mill/drill. Stepper motors, linear bearings/rods, antibacklash nuts on Acme rod... and a Black and Decker RTX. The resolution works out to 0.0005" per full step and 0.00025" if I half step. Is 1/2 or 1/4 of a thousands a good resolution for this project? Does anyone have links to similar projects? Hints? Tips? Insight? Thanks mike |
Re: How to build a cheap hot air pen for SMT soldering
--- alienrelics <alienrelics@...> wrote:
Found a cool link- how to build a $20 hot air pen for solderingTry this under "Soldering hints and tips": Here's the Rat Shack $10 desoldering pen he mentions:
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Re: Plated Thru Hole at Home
Yep, already had those in the Bookmarks section. I might have
gotten them from Adam originally. Steve Greenfield --- Adam Seychell <adam_seychell@...> wrote: Here is a good link describing the steps on manufacturing a __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! |
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