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Joined: 04/10/2019
Location: Australia
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Posted: 06:45am 24 Dec 2023      

Just curious why anybody would use a router to make a PCB. Are there any advantages I cannot think of?

My PCB's are etched by JLC PCB, they are cheap (especially in the 100 x 100mm format), they are cut to size, drilled with plated through holes and ready to use.

Choosing their cheapest (and slowest) shipping option, they possibly would arrive way sooner that it'll take for me to figure out how to write a program for a router (if I had one ) to do this job.

So, what am I missing?