Tool for PCB manufacturing

what you thought about it:

process.

or what you thought about it:

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Well, probably a spammer as no record of any previous posts back to 2008 (GigaNews). Plus that device only does surface mount. No use to me.

I do like the looks of the small CNC milling machines on eBay for around $500 - $750.

A youtube video showing one in action:

Probably worth while for the small shop, plus you can plate the feedthrough holes yourself.

Fascinating...I have a number of small projects that these tools would be of value to get.

So, does anyone here use one of these CNC tools for building circuit boards and are they practical?

John :-#)#

or what you thought about it:

On another group he spammed, he admitted that it was still in the design stage.

Build your own, there are plenty of designs floating around and multiple forums. There are even homebrew pick & place with homebrew component feeders.

CNCzone is one place to start. There are dirt cheap CNC controller breakout boards or complete controllers on Ebay. There are literally tons of junked large photocopiers for a source of stepper motors & the driver ICs. There is a G-code to Arduino project, and Linux CNC, a free CAD program to run a CNC. This is the path I'm investigating. :)