Re: Wizdom required on circuit board milling.

This may sound a bit like heresy but...

I have made hundreds of PCB's on a professional grade PCB Mill
(LPKF). I have become convinced that it may not be the easiest
approach for home. Why not use CNC to just drill the board, and then
etch it using conventional methods ? The tradeoff is the
mess/chemicals, but it is quicker and probably cheaper (PWB routers
and endmills are ungodly expensive)

Good Luck.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> Check out the Home-brew PCB list, also on Yahoo.
>
> Eagle has a "user driver" that will generate Gcode! Layout a board
in
> Eagle, generate Gcode, and go at it!
>
> Gerber to Gcode products are available, and new ones are coming
out!
> I've been able to do a little Gerber to Gcode conversion with code
I've
> written (mostly for my own edification).
>
> Alan KM6VV
>
> bsptrades wrote:
> >
> > Ok I'm getting the hang of this CNC stuff(some anyhow) but now I
> > would like to apply this new hobby to actually making stuff. I
would
> > like to mill circuit boards for my other odd projects and seem to
be
> > falling short on the information front.
> >
> > I found Eagle software and a few odds and ends but no real
complete
> > how to sites for lack of a better term.
> >
> > Any good ideas on the best path to follow to get from idea to
> > artwork to Gcode to 2 sided machine etched circuit boards?
> >
> > Brian S Punkar
> > BSP
> >