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Re: Yag laser?

2003-06-13 by anode505

Well I doubt you'd find an industrial laser milling and drilling a 
PCB.  Just not that practical.  The current standards work fine.  EPA 
is the only real prob. But for a home-brew, it could be.


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, stefan_trethan@g... wrote:
> yes, yes....
> 
> but on http://www.hitachidigital.com/laser.html
> there is a co2.
> so i assume it only drilles boards (which i think the text ob this 
page
> says).
> 
> so i don't take this as a real-world industrial model of a "pcb 
laser mill".
> 
> i'm still not sure if it would work (for me the difference in
> laser-resistivity of copper and board is a problem)
> 
> 
> and i have not heared of such a unit really being used for pcb 
milling and i
> only wanted to say http://www.hitachidigital.com/laser.html is not 
for
> milling.
> 
> thanks
> 
> stefan
> 
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