Hi, You can mill circuit boards using a homemade machine and a Dremel type tool. I use a Dremel set on number 3. My feed rate is 6" per minute. I have a...
... ...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...
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...
Now, let's not all get cranky. No pun intended. Well, OK, pun intended. Moderator __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
... 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...
Tony, Learn to read! $20 not $35. My 4th axis "Pooka" can be built with hand tools. To build your designs a person needs a machine shop. Lets face it your...
John, let comments like his roll off your back like water off a duck. Don't return insult for insult, either of you. I like John's principles- use good-enough...
Steve - It is unfortunate that this has ended up as a slanging match, and I apologize for my part in that. My intention, when I saw what looked like a pretty...
My concern was that it was becoming personal. Tony, your website looks like you are pretty advanced. Is it possible that John's paper is aimed more at the...
Steve, Don't take the plotter apart until you look at: http://www.qsl.net/ve2emm/pcb/pcbe.html Also, hooking up a Dremel or other tool to a Plotter has a...
Good point about speed of pen-up and -down. Oops, you're Kleinbauer. I know a Nachbauer who makes Theremins, hence my mistake. I did try a Staedler 313 (Red)...
Hi Steve, When you use a plotter to draw on the copper you have to be able to slow the plotter down. If you don't the ink will not flow fast enough. Over the...
Steve, An other thing about using a plotter. If you use PLT files, you will end up with pads and traces but they won't be connected. When a plotter draws pads...
I am new to this group and I have been tinkering around with making hobby PC boards for a couple of years now (I am no pro nor do I claim to be). I have tried...
Good point. I'm used to using CorelDraw and a vinyl cutter so it draws it differently, I guess. I make sure and join all objects that touch so the path is only...
Does anyone know of an effective and reasonably priced software program to convert Gerber and drill files to DXF? Thanks for any shove in the right direction, ...
... I use Easy PC, which is capable of outputting DXF and which has an add-on module that can import Gerber. http://www.numberone.com/ Regards, Tony...
If you are planning to buy Easy-PC I still have the latest version for sale. I had it for sale at Ebay for several weeks but no one wanted it. Here's a link to...
In a message dated 02-Apr-02 05:36:45 Central Standard Time, ... But this assumes the PRINTER will make an exact "1:1" duplicate of the artwork you "draw" on...
Steve, You can use Corel. I use Turbocad. Make sure that you draw the trace all the way around and make it overlap onto itself a short distance. This...
Hello Everyone, Recently, Yahoo has change it's policy on sharing user information with third parties. How does this effect us? They will provide your...
... I used to use a Canon 610, it was not symmetrical and printed slightly smaller than it was supposed to. Haven't tested my Canon 6000 to any high degree of...
When you print to a laser printer, the paper gets heated causing the paper to expand. The moisture also gets driven out, which I believe causes the paper to...
In general inkjet printers give far superior dimensional stability than laser printers. The repeatability and accuracy across an A4 page is under 0.1mm on my ...
... I use an epson stylus 400 colour inkjet and genuine epson transparency. It's easy to do 8mil tracks/spacing, and there's no dimensional problems. There's...
That kind of misses the point. I am looking to see if anyone knows of a suitable etch resist ink, and/or a suitable soldermask ink. If I do decide to go your...
