Now that is pretty cool. On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 5:45 PM Adrian Godwin <artgod...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This (free) software takes PCB artworks created in inkscape and generates > manufacturing files. > > https://github.com/boldport/pcbmode > > Some examples here : > > https://github.com/boldport/circuit-board-photos > > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 11:07 PM Mac Doktor <themacdok...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> On Jan 31, 2021, at 5:51 PM, Mac Doktor <themacdok...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I finally got a macro program and used it to do all of the mousing for >> me. LUXURY. >> >> >> I hit send too soon. >> >> At the time I was working for a local printer. My workflow was to draw >> the board at 200%, print it out on their 300DPI laser printer, and shoot a >> negative at 50% with their enormous old camera. This increased the >> resolution to 600DPI and smoothed out the edges of angled traces. Analog >> anti-aliasing. >> >> I used the negative to expose pre-sensitized blank boards and etch them. >> My etching tank was a deep Pyrex® (borosilicate glass) baking dish with a >> long aquarium aerator "bar" in the bottom. This was connected to an air >> pump with a bleeder valve that I used to vary the pressure and therefore >> the amount of bubbling. This in turn agitated the board so strongly and >> evenly that a perfect etch (with used ferric chloride) only took a few >> minutes—unattended. >> >> I set up my Unimat as a miniature drill press, clamped the board on the >> milling table, and used the precision feed-screws to drill perfectly spaced >> and aligned holes. >> >> Those were the days. >> >> >> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >> "The Mac Doctor" >> >> https://www.astarcloseup.com/ >> >> “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The stars, >> it said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close >> up.”—Carl Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", *Cosmos*, 1980 >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2F747440-EBAD-46F4-8AAB-E62BB89209B4%40gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2F747440-EBAD-46F4-8AAB-E62BB89209B4%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALiMYrt1o0r%2B0r%2BGMpjyxQY%2BhZymF9%2BXxnUGs_wyj6BgVQ0_2w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALiMYrt1o0r%2B0r%2BGMpjyxQY%2BhZymF9%2BXxnUGs_wyj6BgVQ0_2w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-hZrm1g_jfDmgJc3PnBzBXGC7Y8bv07i%2BMEQ2VMRi63hQ%40mail.gmail.com.
