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| Posted: 11:36am 13 Feb 2014 |
G'day Guy's,
Thanks for all the links for the software and they will give me something to play with. I do need to get a better computer as Mach3 does tend to hang at times.
With the shed being like a sauna this week no time to work with the cnc as other jobs had me busy and I have 23 longnecks of low wines to process into some sour mash whiskey now I got a new burner ( the bunnings cheap burner caught fire on the last stripping run and I was lucky to catch it in time).
Now I've been thinking of milling double sided pcb's and my thoughts are to drill 4 alignment holes 0.8mm and drill the holes into the base of the jig. Then use single header pins to place the pcb for milling. To do the other side just turn the pcb over and the alignment will be spot on. Also with the plastic standoff on the headers will give some air space so the drill won't drill into the jig. Also I found a couple of small strips of gorilla tape holds the pcb nice and firm when milling too.
I do need to mill a pcb up for the home switch's and other stuff so when I get around to it, I'll have a go at taking a video of the milling.
Regards Bryan