No idea. You'd have to ask the creators. You could always etch the boards with a resist-ink method and drill the holes with the bot afterwards, but you'd obviously have to take care to align it properly. Maybe drill the holes first then line up the transfer with the holes?<br>
<br>For <$100 I don't expect this CNC to do everything but it's a huge step forward from not having one at all.<br><br>Tom<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com">jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">think that would be precise enough to make traces for surface mount?<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Tom Burns <<a href="mailto:tom.i.burns@gmail.com">tom.i.burns@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Yup!<br>
> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlDpZl-QIAA&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlDpZl-QIAA&feature=player_embedded</a><br>
><br>
> Tom<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc<br>
> <<a href="mailto:jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com">jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Does this actualy make the traces too?<br>
>><br>
>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc<br>
>> ---<br>
>><br>
>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and<br>
>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Tom Burns <<a href="mailto:tom.i.burns@gmail.com">tom.i.burns@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > PCB fabrication is why I'm gathering people interested in building a<br>
>> > very<br>
>> > small, cheap CNC. For under $100 you can get all the parts to build it.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Read more here:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://makeyourbot.org/mantis9-1" target="_blank">http://makeyourbot.org/mantis9-1</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Currently the plan is to begin ordering parts as of January. If you<br>
>> > want to<br>
>> > buy the parts let me know and I'll contact you when we're ready to place<br>
>> > an<br>
>> > order. Many of the parts in the BOM only have McMaster references so<br>
>> > the<br>
>> > current plan is to ship them to NY and pick them up at the UPS store (as<br>
>> > mentioned on list previously).<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Cheers,<br>
>> > Tom<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Andrew Plumb <<a href="mailto:andrew@plumb.org">andrew@plumb.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> It can be done (see <a href="http://wiki.makerbot.com/makerbot-mill" target="_blank">http://wiki.makerbot.com/makerbot-mill</a>), but you'll<br>
>> >> need to use some sort of sacrificial layer and a solid steel plate<br>
>> >> underneath so you don't destroy the XY platform.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Andrew.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On 2010-11-09, at 9:19 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> > Hey guys,<br>
>> >> > I am getting annoyed with drilling my holes in my pcb boards and and<br>
>> >> > tining them. I was wondering if some one knew if this could be done<br>
>> >> > with the maker bot? If the maker bot follows standard CNC commands<br>
>> >> > this would not be too hard I suppose to program. I think It was<br>
>> >> > Andrew who said he put a dremel head on his maker bot. As for<br>
>> >> > tining,<br>
>> >> > maybe put a hot plate on the base and melt some tin on the base? the<br>
>> >> > tining is not too important thought. I don't usually do that step<br>
>> >> > since its long and I don't find it worth it. Maybe an alternative?<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > Jean-Marc Le Blanc<br>
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>> >> ><br>
>> >> > "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and<br>
>> >> > wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds<br>
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