[Lab] Makerbot and PCB fabrication

[Jean-Marc LeBlanc]

think that would be precise enough to make traces for surface mount?

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 10:09 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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