Has anyone thought of a Yag laser for PCBs? I see people are actually 'milling' the unwanted copper off the boards. Yags are great for copper (On CO2 lasers, copper is a BIG no-no) and the beam can be delivered via fiber optics with a Yag. Plus you cna 'drill' the holes without a tool change. Get fancy and you can adjust to focus for bigger/smaller kerfs (though not recomemned) Nice chemical free way of doing it (at least chem free before PTHs)
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Yag laser?
2003-06-08 by anode505