Hi all
I have got hold of a cnc to use for drilling pcb's that I make with Eagle 6.4 pro but need some help with software and best way to set it up, would also like to be able to cut out the board
Hope I can get some help
Thanks
Howard

Howard,

A few more details are needed. Only you know what you have, EAGLE and cnc is a bit sparse. How about a photo or two of the CNC machine, make and model, servo controller make & model, and user computer to be used for user interface. In these types of arrangements the servo controller is a central component. Some are Arduino based, others ARM, a few use custom processors, although lately a few folks are using the UK based RaspBerry Pi as the 'brians' with a hat that is either a pin breakout board or has integrated servo/stepper motor drivers, etc. I am not a CNC guy myself, but I made a homebrew delta 3D printer. In the communities where I hang my hat, there are several groups that are cnc makers and these are the things I've seen posted. Between the controller and the User Computer is another peice of software which takes the tool path code file and squirts it into the controller which converts the commands into electrical control signals.

So provide some info, and people will help you. A photo of the CNC and the make and model, along with the controller info is a good start. Good Luck...

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I drill all ,y boards that have 100+ holes on CNC.

All boards I design in KiCAD from where I generate drill files.

As I mainly do single sided boards, I mirror output drill file over Y axis, and, as can be seen on the attached picture, I add 2 vias in TopLeft and BottomRight corner of the board for alignment on the bed. Vias are not drilled.

Drilling and cutting to size:

CNC machine is home made, chinese "TB6600" drivers, chineese 5axis Mach3 breakout board, driven from parallel port by Mach3 or from Arduino Nano + DB25 using bCNC