Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

The kind of PCB I want to make is simple. Many complex parts can be bought on ebay as "breakout boards". I want to use these breakout boards as if they were ICs In other words I want to replace my collection of flying Dupont wires and mini-size solderless breadboards with 1970 vintage PCBs

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

Peter, I looked it those engraver bits. Microscopic.What speed to you turn them at? 100K RPM? Also I looked at the autoleveller. Seem like a good idea. I'm working on adding automatic level to my 3D printer. But I hope my mill does not have a 0.1mm tilt. Are you able to solder SMDs

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When the bit gets dull it will leave some frayed edges, witch can be stoned away. I run it at 21K rpm and 550 mm/min. 3 passes with 0.17 mm stepover. Hopefully the finnish comes across. most of the traces are 0.4mm. also there are VIA's mounted in the picture.

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

I use KiCAD for schematic and layout. A typical trace would be 0.4mm. The smallest tracers I go is 0.3mm. Anything thinner i the results vary alot. As for SMD's SOT23-6 and SOIC is a comfortable packages to work with. For CAM I use flatcam , with is quite messy at first, but

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

On Sunday 08 April 2018 09:02:34 andy pugh wrote: > On 8 April 2018 at 13:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 08 April 2018 02:00:59 Lawrence Glaister wrote: > >> https://www.seeedstudio.com/fusion.html for production. Smooth as > >> silk and unbeatable prices. (10 boards

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 11:20 PM, Marcus Bowman < marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > On 8 Apr 2018, at 06:05, Chris Albertson wrote: > > > > Is there a Linux based tool chain? The part I don't see is how to > convert > > Gerber files to g-code files. > > The video mentions

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

On Sunday 08 April 2018 01:05:53 Chris Albertson wrote: > Is anyone using a CNC mill to make PCBs? The video linked below shows > someone doing this on a small mill with Mach 3. The PCB is certainly > not high tech. The parts are all through hole with 0.1 inch lead > pitch and it is one side

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

On 8 April 2018 at 13:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 08 April 2018 02:00:59 Lawrence Glaister wrote: >> https://www.seeedstudio.com/fusion.html for production. Smooth as silk >> and unbeatable prices. (10 boards 3.8x2.5" for $4.41(March Sale) + >> shipping). >> > Post

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On Sunday 08 April 2018 02:00:59 Lawrence Glaister wrote: > Hi Chris, > > For the PCB milling, I used to use eagle and the pcbgcode plugin for > the longest time. Eagle got kind of funky after autocad bought them > and is now mostly a subscription service. > > I now use kicad for the schematic

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On Sunday 08 April 2018 04:23:23 Chris Albertson wrote: > The kind of PCB I want to make is simple. Many complex parts can be > bought on ebay as "breakout boards". I want to use these breakout > boards as if they were ICs In other words I want to replace my > collection of flying Dupont

Re: [Emc-users] ESTOP and Drive Enable handling. (SAFE OFF)

On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 12:57:03 -0700 "John Dammeyer" wrote: > In the past ESTOP appeared to be pretty simple a 12V or 24V control signal > was routed through any number of Normally Closed (NC) switches and then run > into relays and or opto-isolated inputs. Any ESTOP even

[Emc-users] head scratcher

Greetings all; Putting the final touches on a routine to tap a 4mm.70 hole, and geany says it is saving the changes, by removing the red text for normal text in its header bar, but I'm leaving the file open in geany, and going back to lcnc, which also goes thru the motions of reloading the

Re: [Emc-users] ESTOP and Drive Enable handling. (SAFE OFF)

> > -Original Message- > > From: Nicklas Karlsson [mailto:nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com] > > Sent: April-08-18 9:52 AM > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] ESTOP and Drive Enable handling. (SAFE OFF) > > > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 12:57:03 -0700 > > "John

Re: [Emc-users] head scratcher

On 8 April 2018 at 22:40, Gene Heskett wrote: > Putting the final touches on a routine to tap a 4mm.70 hole, and geany > says it is saving the changes, by removing the red text for normal text > in its header bar, but I'm leaving the file open in geany, and going > back to

Re: [Emc-users] ESTOP and Drive Enable handling. (SAFE OFF)

> -Original Message- > From: Nicklas Karlsson [mailto:nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com] > Sent: April-08-18 9:52 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] ESTOP and Drive Enable handling. (SAFE OFF) > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 12:57:03 -0700 > "John Dammeyer"

[Emc-users] Diagnosing apparent write failure [Was: Re: head scratcher

On 08.04.18 17:40, Gene Heskett wrote: > Putting the final touches on a routine to tap a 4mm.70 hole, and geany > says it is saving the changes, by removing the red text for normal text > in its header bar, but I'm leaving the file open in geany, and going > back to lcnc, which also goes thru

[Emc-users] SeeedStudio .dru file won't extract from archive [Was: Re: (no subject)

On 07.04.18 23:00, Lawrence Glaister wrote: > I now use kicad for the schematic and pcb design and an open source program > called pcb2gcode to convert gerbers to gcode files for linuxcnc. I just > completed a board I sent off to https://www.seeedstudio.com/fusion.html for > production. Smooth as

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

Hi Chris, For the PCB milling, I used to use eagle and the pcbgcode plugin for the longest time. Eagle got kind of funky after autocad bought them and is now mostly a subscription service. I now use kicad for the schematic and pcb design and an open source program called pcb2gcode to

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

On 8 Apr 2018, at 06:05, Chris Albertson wrote: > > Is there a Linux based tool chain? The part I don't see is how to convert > Gerber files to g-code files. The video mentions CopperCAM, but the CopperCAM site says it takes in some Gerber files, but doesn't give enough details of the

Re: [Emc-users] head scratcher

On Sunday 08 April 2018 17:44:16 andy pugh wrote: > On 8 April 2018 at 22:40, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Putting the final touches on a routine to tap a 4mm.70 hole, and > > geany says it is saving the changes, by removing the red text for > > normal text in its header bar,