Homebrew PCBs

On 13/06/2013 17:08, Robert Nickels wrote:
> A resolution of .004" is probably pretty good for a
> particle-board-and-drawer-slide machine.  If you want the fun of making
> your own cartesian robot or just want to non-critical work like engrave
> signs.  For PC Board work, I'm pretty impressed with the Zen Cart 7 by 7
> machine:
>
> http://zentoolworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=74
>
> Check out their user videos and Youtube for some good examples of
> routing PC board with a .1mm cutter with sufficient accuracy for
> double-sided boards.  Not perfect, but it looks pretty good for the
> price, and the PVC frame and actual linear bearing slides will be much
> more precise and dimensionally stable than anything that can be done
> with hardware store components.    I also like that it's an engineered
> system rather than a hodgepodge of whatever was on sale on eBay at the
> time.    Anyone using one who can provide some first person feedback?
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
>
>
Its a lovely machine, but shipping from the US to Europe is $170 - $200 
then I will have to pay import duty and VAT.....
I think for a complete kit I am looking at nearly $1000 dollars...

Dave
G4UGM