[Lab] Makerbot and PCB fabrication

[Jean-Marc LeBlanc]

Does this actualy make the traces too?

Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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"Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds




On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> PCB fabrication is why I'm gathering people interested in building a very
> small, cheap CNC.  For under $100 you can get all the parts to build it.
>
> Read more here:
>
> http://makeyourbot.org/mantis9-1
>
> Currently the plan is to begin ordering parts as of January.  If you want to
> buy the parts let me know and I'll contact you when we're ready to place an
> order.  Many of the parts in the BOM only have McMaster references so the
> current plan is to ship them to NY and pick them up at the UPS store (as
> mentioned on list previously).
>
> Cheers,
> Tom
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
>>
>> It can be done (see http://wiki.makerbot.com/makerbot-mill), but you'll
>> need to use some sort of sacrificial layer and a solid steel plate
>> underneath so you don't destroy the XY platform.
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
>> On 2010-11-09, at 9:19 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc wrote:
>>
>> > Hey guys,
>> > I am getting annoyed with drilling my holes in my pcb boards and and
>> > tining them. I was wondering if some one knew if this could be done
>> > with the maker bot?  If the maker bot follows standard CNC commands
>> > this would not be too hard I suppose to program.  I think It was
>> > Andrew who said he put a dremel head on his maker bot.  As for tining,
>> > maybe put a hot plate on the base and melt some tin on the base?  the
>> > tining is not too important thought. I don't usually do that step
>> > since its long and I don't find it worth it.  Maybe an alternative?
>> >
>> > Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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>> > "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>> > wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
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