Homebrew PCBs

On Tuesday 27 April 2004 09:30 pm, Dave Mucha wrote:

> Read the home page of the list.  What are you reading into the
> title ?  99.99% of all PCB's are made with chemicals.  This is the
> RIGHT list for that.

Excluding all other methods?  That would seem to be the way it's been flowing 
lately...

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> If you want machine design, you don't go to electical engineers.  If
> you want to make a PCB you don't go to mechanical engineers and you
> don't go to chemical engineers to find out how to drill holes.

I don't plan on going to *any* engineers.  The name of this list says 
"Homebrew" and I figured that maybe I'd bump into other people here who were 
making boards on a hobbyist basis...

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> > FWIW, A "general" cnc machine list has NO IDEA what's required FOR
> > pcb's. If you're gonna make a machine for pcb's, IMO you should
> > talk with the folks who are making them!

> I totally disagree.  How many on your list know the chemical
> reactions of the stuff for making PCB's ?  Wrong list for that.  How
> many on here know the stress and tortional calculations for 3/4
> CRS ?  You don't ask an EE for mechanical designs and you don't as
> ME's for Chemical properties and you don't ask a chemical engineer
> how to drill holes.  (seems I already said that, but it is worth
> repeating.)

Yeah,  you already did,  so I won't repeat my response here.

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> > Funny thing is, the idea is to allow someone LESS mechanically
> > inclined to make (and complete) boards...

> I agree, but you seem to advocating that less mechanically inclined
> design your machines.  This list is not 90% mechanical and 10%
> electronics.  just the opposite.

Seems like a lot of posts in here lately have been chemical,  not either one 
of the above.

> I think the number of posts on the topics on here reflect the
> background and experiance and direction of the list members.  90%
> want to know about or handle chemcicals.

Some of us don't.  I for one have absolutely *no* interest in chemical 
etching,  and plan to do it with CNC once I can get something put together. 
Is there a problem with that?

> Look at any list, you go there to get answers or offer your help.
> What part of this list description has anything to do with mechancial
> machine design ?

See above,  the last paragraph I wrote above this one.