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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
