Re: Selling $150 PCBMill
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
derekhawkins, The real kick in the teeth come from the Internet Experts who start knocking your attempts. When I started Home Depot sold bolts for 5 cents.
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Re: Selling $150 PCBMill
2006-12-24 by derekhawkins
... Many truly feel they can build a better or more attractive mousetrap so they start off with good intentions and a lot of sweat only to realize what you ve
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
ST, I was pretty good with finishing projects. Then I did some 100 mile bicycle rides. I learned there is a high when you start a project and a high when you
Selling $150 PCBMill
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
It is possible to produce a $150 PCBMill.(Just the machine minus the motors,drivers and software) You build it out of MDF and use aluminum rails with Delrin
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
Myc, My first goal was to get an article published in a magazine like the ones I used to read. After I did that I designed and came out with a simpe a monkey
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by Stefan Trethan
... I agree! I would be lucky if i finished 20% of the things i make plans for, or buy components for. Many projects never get finished, i guess there are a
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by mycroft2152
Hi John, I always saw your primary efforts as more of a marketing exersize, rather than design, sorta like Ron Popiel of Ronco fame or George Foreman. There is
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
Chris, 20% is very high. If there a simpler plans to be made I leave it up to you. I put in my time. It s your turn. Show us how! John
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by lcdpublishing
Badmouthing the CUSTOMERS and calling them Motor spinners amongst other names probably doesn t help sales much either! With such a low rate of completed
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
Stefan, I put 100K of my own saving into this hobby including the 11K I now have on my credit card. For every dollar I put in I got back 20 cents. Two plansets
Re: FAIL of "edding permanent ink" for direct PCB print
2006-12-24 by Steve
I ve had MIS pigmented inks in quite a few Epson printers, and clogs are not much more often than using dye inks, and a lot less often than Epson Durabrite
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by Stefan Trethan
... Hey, it s not your fault if they bail! You only sold the plans, not the machine, you can t force them. Even if they only dreamed about the machine for a
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
Chris, I unlike Ballendo produce real product. When I came out with the WoodTurtle he came out with the WoodDuck. He is famous for making up things to steal
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by Stefan Trethan
... Doesn t help anybody or just doesn t help you? If i were to build a machine, and in need of plans, free ones for download would help a lot more than ones
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
At one point almost 20% of the people who bought my plans finished them. The overall CNC thing is less then 1%. Lots of people bail after a week. That s why I
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
Myc, My plans are constantly updated. Both Brute and the 7th Sojourn have seen various updates. I print out every plans one out a time so plans are always up
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by derekhawkins
... I m not knocking your designs since you obviously leveraged the economy of scale concept whereby items produced in considerable bulk, intended for fast
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by lcdpublishing
Yes, there are many very polite people around. For a while there I thought you and Ballendo were one in the same. You guys both have the same flair for
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by mycroft2152
Hi John, I guess I started a firestorm. Are your complaints based on the fact you want the acknowlegement (ego boost) of combining gas pipes and aluminum
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
Chris, This guy and others have contacted me and said my designs were great! http://www.digirout.com/ While people have waited for products from Ken Brand
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by lcdpublishing
John, see responses in-line ... in ... And if you look at Dave s design, it is right off the Allegro data sheet - so I guess he copied someone too. You can ...
Dremel VS Foredom
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
A few messages back someone suggested a Foredom Handtool over a Dremel. I bought a real Foredom with a Number 30 handpiece.(chuck not collet) Save your money.
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by lcdpublishing
Hi John, Gee, I suppose the first guy that painted a car red is the only person with the rights to do so? In your way of thinking, we would have run out of
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
Chris, Three people copied the HobbyCNC board. All three went down in flames when Dave came out with the new board. It made my day! You can search every
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by Stefan Trethan
... No, but if you built one just like it i wouldn t mind at all! I d ask you why the gas sometimes sticks when starting the engine, when you are done. I had
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by lcdpublishing
Hi John, I know you have been upset about this whole thing for some time now. I don t know what you expect of other people though. Realistically, your machine
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by crankorgan
Stefan, Lets see him produce plans without the window channel. The window channel was my epiphany! He mounted the motor and bearing plates on the channel the
FAIL of "edding permanent ink" for direct PCB print
2006-12-24 by Bora Dikmen
Yes Volkan, I always adjust printer head height to print onto PCB. I extracted the printer head and put it into acetone for 10 minutes. But it still reject to
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] FAIL of "edding permanent ink" for direct PCB print
2006-12-24 by Stefan Trethan
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:04:15 +0100, Bora Dikmen ... When i tried staedtler red ink i also clogged the printer. ST
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-24 by Stefan Trethan
... But are these _his_ plans, or _your_ plans? If he has copied them from you, i can understand your dissatisfaction about the whole thing, but if they are
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] FAIL of "edding permanent ink" for direct PCB print
2006-12-24 by Volkan Sahin
Hi Bora, You should never try to put fast drying ink to your inkjet printer. It is really so easy to clog the head. You need to check viscosity, drying time of
FAIL of "edding permanent ink" for direct PCB print
2006-12-23 by Bora Dikmen
Hi, I made a try with edding T25 refill ink permanent marker on my Epson R220. I emptied the MISPRO cartridge and filled it with the ink shown below.
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-23 by crankorgan
When he put the plans online that was no help. His comments and the fact he introduced problems into the design. Brute has a stubby 1-1/4 Z axis pipe. Dave
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-23 by Stefan Trethan
... Well, you must know what business you had with the guy. All i m saying is it is perfectly possible to build something that looks a lot like your machine
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-23 by crankorgan
Basically he ripped me off then he made some smart remarks about my design having never seen it. Read the page! With friends like that who needs enemies. Since
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-23 by Stefan Trethan
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:20:09 +0100, Dave Mucha ... I don t see how the author did anything of bad form. He freely admits that the
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-23 by Dave Mucha
... The one thing that is bad about that is that they are John K s design. The author did not engineer or design the thing, he just ripped off John K. Bad
Re: (Wooden) CNC router plans
2006-12-22 by mycroft2152
For anyone interested in an excellent writeup on building and a free set of plans and a Brute-type CNC, take a check out this article form American Lutherie
Possibly yet *another* variant of the Xerox LM1910?
2006-12-22 by Follower of the Clawed Albino
Whilst it s not listed in the database just yet, I ve read (at least in the archives here) very positive reviews so far of the Xerox version of the Xerox
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Reply to UV photoplotter
2006-12-22 by Cristian
... Is the optical fibre suitable for UV? Cristian
Re: Wooden CNC router
2006-12-22 by Dave Mucha
... drilling too. We use our Bridgeports to do a lot of precision drilling. For home use the R8 is great. Tools and adapters are easy ...
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Wooden CNC router
2006-12-21 by DB Express
... From: derekhawkins ... Not at all. I ve got my mind on industry. R8 works just fine for drilling too. We use our Bridgeports to do a
Reply to UV photoplotter
2006-12-21 by scratch_6057
This thread ( http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/message/16868 ) appears to somehow have started in the middle of the thread discussing Inkjet
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Inkjet Transparency Material
2006-12-21 by Stefan Trethan
... Older inkjets were pretty crappy machines. Lasers never have trouble with thin taces, it is fill areas that get them, and geometric distortion. How many
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Inkjet Transparency Material
2006-12-21 by Richard
Maybe I ve been lucky all these years, or the inkjet printers are better than they were. When I first started, all the suggestions were to use a copying
Re: Inkjet Transparency Material
2006-12-21 by derekhawkins
... In terms of opacity, pin holes and dropouts, there is no HP laserjet, even with the best transparency match, that can do a better job than the right inkjet
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Inkjet Transparency Material
2006-12-21 by Richard
I have the old HP6 and I have had much better luck than using my Cannon Inkjet. Maybe it s the inks, but I have had no trouble with using the old HP. Richard
Re: Wooden CNC router
2006-12-21 by derekhawkins
... I see this many times but wonder how relevant it is to home hobbyist types as opposed to machine shop types. Even if Joe HH already has a drill press,
Re: Inkjet Transparency Material
2006-12-21 by scratch_6057
... exposure on the inkjets because they apprently let some light thru. ... I can only envision a few instances where a Laser would give better opacity results
Re: Wooden CNC router
2006-12-21 by derekhawkins
... I have the Micromark 7x14 Lathe. Note that their free shipping doesn t appear to cover the $65.00 heavy/large shipping surcharge on things like mills and