Hi all,
Just soliciting some input from anyone who's used an EverPrecision
2002-series device before (seeOn paper it all looks wonderful:
- the machine can do 4mil traces with a 60k rpm spindle (as in
Before spending that sort of cash, though, I was just wondering if there was anyone with experience with the thing to give me some background - I've not heard of the manufacturer before (though they seem to have been around a while)...
I'm aware that this is probably more expensive than using a board- house, but for me it's not the monetary expense that's the crucial thing, it's the time it takes to get a board back ready to start soldering. Even if you pay $$$ to get a fast turnaround, it's still slow compared to an hour or two on the mill. Actually, given that my last board cost ~$200 (Eurocard size, 2-day service, PCB-pool), it doesn't take *so* many of them to pay for the mill...
Thanks for any help, Simon.
--------------------- PS: Please don't tell me to just use toner-transfer / chemical etching. If it works for you, then great, I'm happy that's the case. I've never managed to get the knack, and my results are too variable. I'm sure it's entirely my own fault, but I've tried it over and over, and never managed to get a "do this and it'll always work perfectly" process down. I'm trying the milling approach *after* exhausting my patience for the chemical approach.