[Lab] Makerbot and PCB fabrication

[Jean-Marc LeBlanc]

yeah I think that is more what I would do.
does he have a right up on how he made it?  the little motor is it a
drill motor or one that you find in RC cars?

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 10:18 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
> For <$100 I don't expect this CNC to do everything but it's a huge step
> forward from not having one at all.
>
> Tom
>
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> think that would be precise enough to make traces for surface mount?
>>
>> 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 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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