Re: gEDA-user: the joy and sadness of new boards

[John Luciani <jluciani@xxxxxxxxx>]

Darrell,

  Thanks for taking those pictures and posting them.

  If I had a dremel I would have tried that today. I used my hacksaw, saw-horse,
dust-mask and my official DJ magnifiers outside in the driveway this morning.

(* jcl *)

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Darrell Harmon <dlharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I uploaded a few here:
> http://dlharmon.com/~dlharmon/pcbrouter/
>
> I included 800x600 copies (.resized.JPG) as well as the orignals
> (approx 6MB each).
>
> IMG_2302.JPG shows the result.
>
> The plastic piece that the Dremel tool screws into came out of the
> circle cutting tool that came with the Dremel tool. Yes, those are
> drill bits as shims, and that is a broken end mill (these things are
> fragile).
>
> I got about 60 inches with one tool. The cut was getting worse toward
> the end. It seems to do better on just FR4 with all the copper etched
> away. I cut through one board with copper on all 4 layers and it was
> very slow. I have thought of trying to get a 30 degree v score tool
> for this.
>
> Darrell Harmon
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:47 PM, John Luciani <jluciani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Darrell Harmon <dlharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I recently ordered a batch of 4 layer boards from 66each and was able
>>> to get 7 different boards on the panel. I made a router table from my
>>> Dremel tool from MDF and used an 0.031" carbide end mill set to cut
>>> about half way through the board. After routing both sides, the edges
>>> I routed are hard to tell from the ones Advanced Circuits routed. The
>>> FR4 dust was bad, so you may want to wear a mask if you do it this
>>> way.
>>
>> Do you have a picture of your setup?
>>
>> Any idea how many linear inches you get per end mill?
>>
>> (* jcl *)
>>
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>>
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