[CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Jig making process for Selective Soldering Robot.

I know you have the machine, but would'nt it be just so much easier to make
a solder bath, then it takes about 3s to run the board over. ?

Regards
Roland

On 10 October 2011 23:59, Peter Homann <groups@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi Jon,
>
> Yes, I can beat it hand soldering a single board. Over 3 or 4 hours it
> would
> easily double my output. But more importantly, I can do less mundane things
>
> with my time.
>
> I'm sure that the machine could go twice as fast as it is, but the manual
> programming, trial and error process, just doesn't make it worth while.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter.
>
>
> On 11/10/2011 3:39 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
> > Peter wrote:
> >> I've put together a description of how I make my jigs for a selective
> >> soldering robot I have. In addition to using a generic drawing package
> >> to edit dxf files, I also use sheetcam to generate the GCode for Mach3.
> >>
> >>
> http://www.homanndesigns.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53:selective-soldering-machine-mach3-&catid=35:smt&Itemid=30
> >>
> >> It shows the general flow of going from a Cad drawing to finished item.
> >>
> >> There is also a video showing the robot in action.
> >>
> > I was surprised at how slow the machine is. It is probably half the
> > speed of a good
> > manual solderer. However, it sure beats the tedium of manual soldering,
> > so that
> > is probably just fine. Thanks for posting this, it was quite
> > interesting to see
> > it at work.
> >
> > Jon
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