Re: gEDA-user: CNC Milling

[Dave N6NZ <n6nz@xxxxxxxx>]

Some of us local roboteers have been considering this unit but no one 
has plunked down the money yet:

http://www.probotix.com/FireBall_v90_cnc_router_kit/

You could probably put together a CNC router capable of doing PCB's for 
under US$1,000

Still.... personally I'd rather send PCB's out and spend my time on 
other things instead of fabbing a PCB with limited feature resolution 
and no plated-through holes.  Even if I had one of the above routers, 
I'd be using it for mechanical components -- not PCB's.

-dave

spuzzdawg wrote:
> I've been thinking for a while about CNC milling as a means of board fabrication over chemical etching. 
> The limiting factor for the idea is cost. Every premade PCB mill I have found has been well over $3000UAU.
> One LPKF mill I found, which was advertised as their 'budget' model started at $20,000AU. Does anyone know
> of any 'cheaper' PCB mill manufacturers and if so do the play nicely with PCB gerber files. It seems like
> most mills I've found require their own proprietary, windows only, software or a conversion from gerber to
> g-code.
> 
> It seems like it is pretty popular for people to make their own mills but I'm not too confident I could pull
> this off well.
> 
> Thanks
> Nick
> 
> 
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