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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Darrell Harmon <[email protected]> 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 *) >> >> -- >> >> You can't create open hardware with closed EDA tools. >> >> http://www.luciani.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> geda-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user >> > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > -- You can't create open hardware with closed EDA tools. http://www.luciani.org _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
