[Lab] Makerbot and PCB fabrication

[Tom Burns]

Yup!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlDpZl-QIAA&feature=player_embedded

Tom

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does this actualy make the traces too?
>
> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> ---
>
> "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
> >> > ---
> >> >
> >> > "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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> >>
> >> Me: http://clothbot.com/wiki/
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