Re: PCB Milling Software
2004-07-20 by crankorgan
I use TurboCad and then ACE the DXF file. You can also use Eagle. See this link. http://mynock.dhs.org/pcbmilling/index.shtml
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Homebrew 4 +layer PCB's?
2004-07-20 by Markus Zingg
Seems like I missed this thread. I m held fairly busy lately but if questions remain unanswered just drop me a note. Markus
[Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Homebrew 4 +layer PCB's?
2004-07-20 by Michael Johnston
This question was posted on June 19, 2004 titled 4 Layer and was discussed on June 20th. The message below seems to be the most relevant. The archives will
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Homebrew 4 +layer PCB's?
2004-07-20 by Stefan Trethan
... Markus, in Switzerland, was it ST
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Homebrew 4 +layer PCB's?
2004-07-20 by Jeremy Taylor
Markus Zingg is the guy who has done it, The topic ws discussed here. I was about ready to try it, but I found away to do the project on 2 layer. JT ... From:
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB Milling Software
2004-07-20 by Jeremy Taylor
i M NOT SURE WHAT pcb PROGRAM YOU ARE USING, iF IT S BY CHANCE EAGLE,IT CAN SPIT G-CODE OUT DIRECTLY (OOPS been doing some g-coding myself) - If that is the
Re: New CNC Project Completed
2004-07-20 by Ben H. Lanmon
... Don t think you are going to find these kind of bits at Home Depot, atleast not any that I have been in. You might find the Dermel bits but not the same
PCB Milling Software
2004-07-20 by wwashington2k
Can anyone recommend a PCB milling program? I d like a program which could convert a gerber file into a g-code file for routing. Thanks, ww2k
Re: New CNC Project Completed
2004-07-20 by wwashington2k
Thanks for the warning. There s a HF in town, so I ll stop by the store and see if I can find a good grab bag. The smallest bit I had in the garage was 1/16 .
Re: New CNC Project Completed
2004-07-20 by rmustakos
Dave I live near a Harbor Freight, so I went in and choose (pretended I knew what I was doing). They had 4 or 5 on the peg & I took the first one. It has a
Re: New CNC Project Completed
2004-07-20 by Dave Mucha
... for something like $5. www.harborfreight.com, item 44924-0VGA. They also have 50 bit grab-bag for 12.99, the 20 bit one is a better buy. Search for
Performance EDA, lite version
2004-07-20 by rmustakos
Have any of you used Performance EDA, and how did you like it? They have s= tarted selling a lite version for £74.99 (including VAT). Limitations are= A4
Re: New CNC Project Completed
2004-07-19 by rmustakos
I got a pack of 20 varied sized carbide re-tips from Harber Freight for something like $5. www.harborfreight.com, item 44924-0VGA. They also have 50 bit
Re: Homebrew 4 +layer PCB's?
2004-07-19 by rmustakos
Adam Someone has written about this before, I think on here, but it may have been Electronics_101, but I think it was here. My understanding is that if you
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] New CPLD PCB
2004-07-19 by Leon Heller
... From: Stefan Trethan To: Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] New
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] New CPLD PCB
2004-07-19 by Stefan Trethan
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:29:03 -0000, leon_heller ... hard to see in the photos section, so small... which method did you say you made
New CPLD PCB
2004-07-19 by leon_heller
I ve just uploaded pics of the top and bottom of my latest home-made PCB to Photos Leon s CPLD_Top.jpg and CPLD_Bottom.jpg. The CPLD is an Altera EPM7064B in
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Homebrew 4 +layer PCB's?
2004-07-18 by Adam Seychell
... Unfortunatly 4 layer requires plated through holes. The process for fabricating plated through hole PCBs is huge jump in complexity compared to non-plated
Re: New CNC Project Completed
2004-07-18 by Dave Mucha
... thinkandtink.com has bits, but be warned, they are kinda pricey at almost $9.00 each. they last longer if you can set the depth to just below the copper
Homebrew 4 +layer PCB's?
2004-07-18 by tony@elroynet.com
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone here has or does homebrew 4 layer or more boards, and how it might be done? I can do 2 layer boards no problem, but 4 layer
New CNC Project Completed
2004-07-17 by wwashington2k
I just finished my CNC table which I plan to use to make PCBs. I have a Dremel tool mounted which I d like to use to route the PCBs. Can anyone tell me the
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE: Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?
2004-07-17 by Stefan Trethan
yea, whatever, my gouvernment isn t selling stuff as far as i know.. There isn t much work involved with converting a copier, really only ripping out the fuser
RE: Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?
2004-07-17 by Thomas P. Gootee
RM, Thanks for the reply! I think you NAILED it! The boards that I made using the press that were NOT good always had areas that were bad that were not on the
RE: Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?
2004-07-17 by Thomas P. Gootee
ST, Thanks for the response! For now, the quantity of boards that I make still seems to be well-suited to the toner transfer method. And, my current quest is,
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE: Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?
2004-07-17 by Stefan Trethan
haven t read much, if any, about them, yet.) ... I get the impression some people have the idea the converted laminators are a modified printer where you
RE: Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?
2004-07-17 by Thomas P. Gootee
Alexandre, Thanks for the reply! That sounds very good. And I DO have a couiple of older HP LaserJets here that I could use (an LJ III and an LJ II). I will
RE: Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?
2004-07-17 by Thomas P. Gootee
Steve, Thanks for the reply! Actually, I already tried using a higher temperature. I m not really sure WHAT the true temperature is of the press is, since the
RE: Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?
2004-07-17 by Thomas P. Gootee
Alex, Thanks! I *can* put the press back together. All I did was lift the pad out of the base. The pad wasn t actually *attached* in any way. I think that
RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Cold Heat Soldering "Tool"
2004-07-17 by Dave Hylands
I bought one to throw in my toolbox. I couldn t resist for the price. The tip is fairly fragile (i.e. I ve chipped mine already). It s suitable for quick
Re: Cold Heat Soldering "Tool"
2004-07-17 by crankorgan
It is an old idea. It used to be called Resistive or Resistance soldering. Alternator repair guy use a larger version to unsolder the large diodes in the
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cold Heat Soldering "Tool"
2004-07-17 by Adam Seychell
... My guess it contains a EHT and diode/capacitor connected to some cleverly designed electrode arrangement. If you have a DC arc the positive electrode gets
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cold Heat Soldering "Tool"
2004-07-17 by Stefan Trethan
I already have a arc welder - no, thanks. any ideas how it really works? ST
Cold Heat Soldering "Tool"
2004-07-17 by gmanca101
I don t know if any other members have heard of this, but there is a new cordless soldering pencil that has been created. Its called the Cold Heat because it
RE: Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?
2004-07-16 by rmustakos@att.net
Tom It s good to have a lot of pressure, to some extent. I think the problem you are hitting now is that you are applying so much pressure that you are
Re: OT: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Leon Heller
... From: Kevin Lavigne To: Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 8:23 PM Subject: Re: OT: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs]
Re: OT: Re: creating webpages
2004-07-16 by rmustakos@att.net
Stephan Here is something that will make TOCs for you if you have the tags already: http://www.download.com/Free-HTML-TOC/3000-2068-8943544.html?tag=lst-0-1 I
Re: OT: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Stefan Trethan
... I was much more into PCs and programming in the past, now it is a tool, like a screwdriver. I want to use it and it MUST work and take all kinds of abuse.
Re: OT: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Roy J. Tellason
... Yep! ... Well, there might be stuff out there, but it isn t that hard to do, really. ... Sounds? It has sounds? Not in my setup... ... My brother
Re: OT: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Kevin Lavigne
Hi Stefan, Try looking at 1st Page 2000 (http://www.evrsoft.com/) I used it a few years ago when I was in my Starving Techie phase to create and ASP based
Re: OT: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Stefan Trethan
... I get the impression there is no free lunch. I was hoping to get a software that writes the html tags for me at least. well, thanks for the hints, i know
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Roy J. Tellason
... I use no m$ stuff here at all if I can possibly avoid it. Easier on linux... :-) ... Perl is something I need to get going with, sometime soon. ...
OT: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Roy J. Tellason
... I have one here too, AAMOF. ... With a text editor. ... Works for me! ... A word processor is a tool for working with documents . What you want is a
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Stefan Trethan
... That s what i meant with i don t like junk code ;-) that other stuff is very nice but WAY too complicated for me. I think i ll have to edit html by hand.
RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Dave Hylands
Hi Stefan, ... I use Microsoft FrontPage for some stuff (http://www.vancouverroboticsclub.org/) For my personal web site: Http://www.DaveHylands.com/ I wrote a
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Alexandre Souza
... that. ... place ... I just use frontpage, but there are lots of code cleaners around... ... - Use antivirus e atualize-o diariamente! - Preserve a banda
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method
2004-07-16 by Alexandre Souza
... Ask me privately this night, I ll do a small tutorial with photos of my unit, I think it would help you. ... - Use antivirus e atualize-o diariamente! -
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] creating webpages (was: Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method)
2004-07-16 by Stefan Trethan
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:36:43 -0000, Dave Mucha ... ya rip out the fuser unit, force me to finally write up the simple thermostat guide,
Re: Anybody - - Laser printer fuser method
2004-07-16 by Dave Mucha
... laminator, ... I have an old laser printer that could be sacrificed for this, but I have not seen anybody do any type of write-up on how to do it. Is there
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?
2004-07-16 by Stefan Trethan
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:54:17 -0300, Alexandre Souza ... Tom was asking for efficiently making a big number of boards, may i suggest a big fuser out of a
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Anybody tried a large flatbed laminator for toner transfer?
2004-07-16 by Alexandre Souza
... to ... Tom, I m still using an old laser printer fusing unit, as my laminator, and I get very consistent and repetable results every time. Yesterday I did