Pick-n-place thread in DIY-CNC group archive

Hello,

>In CCED, Sebastien Bailard <penguin@...> wrote:
>Was that the one where some one was using a mill for pick-n-place?

No, using a milling machine as the basis was discussed, and can
work. But is slow.

>I'm not sure if using something like a chinese mill-drill would be
>the optimal way to build a pick-n-place robot, but it wouldn't be a
>very expensive way to go about it.

Yes, it depends upon your needs from the setup. For some just not
having to do it by hand is pleanty good enough, regardless of speed.

> > On Monday 26 March 2007 01:27, ballendo wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >About mid last year (AIRC) we had a YERY detailed, actively
> >attended, and thorough discussion of the coarse and fine points of
> >PNP design and implementation over at the DIY CNC yahoo group.
> >Many of the experts of various CNC-related forums chimed in. It
> >was a pretty good thread...
> > Might be worth a look?
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DIY-CNC
> >
> > Ballendo
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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