Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] T-Tech 5000 PCB Milling machine

Thanks for the reply !

> 1) Is the program erased?

This is what I do for a living. It's gone. More to the point, so
is the required dongle.

> 2) Might the output actually be HPGL.

It's not quite HPGL. It's close, obviously a derivative, but not the
same thing.

> All that said, pull the spindle and see if a plot file from a 2D CAD program
> will drive the machine. If it does, then you can design the boards in CAD
> and ?plot? to the machine to do the cutting.

Interesting idea, but last resort, methinks. Designing a board in a CAD
program .. LAST resort. I'd wirewrap it first ! <G>




Alan



--

Alan Rothenbush
Academic Computing Services
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C., Canada


The Spartans do not ask the number of the enemy, only where they are.

Agix of Sparta