[DARARepeater] CNC for PC Board Production (Jeremy Hong)
Jeremy Hong
jhong at hongseleco.com
Wed Aug 19 20:40:25 EDT 2020
Mark,
Coincidentally, about a month ago, Sainsmart contacted me (Hong's
Electronics) to review the 3018-pro.
I've been tuning it in to make some basic PCBs at the moment using the
advice/tutorial (comments are also helpful) from here:
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/04/guide-why-etch-when-you-can-mill/
Inexpensive bits that I bought for practicing and experimenting with
settings:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQ1X1GY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Z-Axis setting probe tool:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087Q942DD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I've bought some MDF boards as sacrificial material:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C4PD283/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Here are links to FR-4 I bought in packs of 50, read further for a
disclaimer below...
Single sided FR-4:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M0IZVD5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Double sided FR-4:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M0IZVD5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I can't endorse/recommend FR-4, Do at your own risk, because it is
technically a respiratory hazard... Some folks recommend FR-1
https://support.bantamtools.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001671734-FR-1-PCB-Blanks-
single-sided FR-1:
https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-7X10cm-Single-Laminate-Circuit/dp/B07DJXWHBX/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=fr1+pcb&qid=1597883556&sr=8-3
single/double sided FR-1:
https://www.bantamtools.com/miscellaneous/printed-circuit-board-blanks
Bonus: I bought a Home Depot "Bucket Head" shop vac with their standard 5
Gal buckets to use with the milling machine
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bucket-Head-5-Gal-1-75-Peak-HP-Wet-Dry-Shop-Vacuum-Powerhead-with-Filter-Bag-and-Hose-compatible-with-5-Gal-Homer-Bucket-BH0100/202017218#:~:text=The%20Bucket%20Head%20Wet%2FDry,a%20blower%20port%20for%20versatility.
73,
Jeremy, KD8TUO
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> There are a few YouTube videos on milling pc boards with hobby CNC
> machines. They talk about what worked and what did not. I gather that it
> take a lot of practice and experimenting to get it right. But once you got
> it down you are all set.
>
> Mike
> W8RKO
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> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 08:40 Mark Erbaugh <mark.election at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I ordered a desktop CNC mill to mill PC Boards.
> >
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> https://www.sainsmart.com/collections/genmitsu-cnc/products/sainsmart-genmitsu-cnc-router-3018-pro-diy-kit
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> >
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience to share? Any special type of PC Board
> > material to use? What milling bits? Any other helpful details on setting
> > this up?
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
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> > Mark, N8ME
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> There are also PC board vendors out there (I use them a lot!) that will
> make the boards for you! And to mention all the other steps to make a
> good, custom PC board to include plated through holes, solder mask,
> tinned plating, silk screened nomenclature on top & bottom sides, and so
> on and so on.
> For the cost of your cnc router, you could have had hundreds of
> professionally made PC boards and delivered.
>
> Jan N8CBX
>
> On 8/19/2020 10:34 AM, Mike Suhar wrote:
> > There are a few YouTube videos on milling pc boards with hobby CNC
> > machines. They talk about what worked and what did not. I gather that
> > it take a lot of practice and experimenting to get it right. But once
> > you got it down you are all set.
> >
> > Mike
> > W8RKO
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 08:40 Mark Erbaugh <mark.election at gmail.com
> > <mailto:mark.election at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I ordered a desktop CNC mill to mill PC Boards.
> >
> >
> https://www.sainsmart.com/collections/genmitsu-cnc/products/sainsmart-genmitsu-cnc-router-3018-pro-diy-kit
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience to share?? Any special type of PC
> > Board material to use? What milling bits? Any other helpful
> > details on setting this up?
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Mark, N8ME
> >
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> From: Ed Fix <edfix at infinet.com>
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> Yeah, it's easier and to have someone else make the PC boards, but it's
> not as much fun. ?Pretty much everything we do in ham radio can be done
> easier some other way, but it's not as much fun.
>
> Ed
>
> On Wed, 2020-08-19 at 18:11 -0400, Jan Servaites wrote:
> > There are also PC board vendors out there (I use them a lot!) that
> > will make the boards for you! And to mention all the other steps to
> > make a good, custom PC board to include plated through holes, solder
> > mask, tinned plating, silk screened nomenclature on top & bottom
> > sides, and so on and so on.
> > For the cost of your cnc router, you could have had hundreds of
> > professionally made PC boards and delivered.
> >
> > Jan N8CBX
> >
> > On 8/19/2020 10:34 AM, Mike Suhar wrote:
> > > There are a few YouTube videos on milling pc boards with hobby CNC
> > > machines. They talk about what worked and what did not. I gather
> > > that it take a lot of practice and experimenting to get it right.
> > > But once you got it down you are all set.?
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > W8RKO?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 08:40 Mark Erbaugh <mark.election at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I ordered a desktop CNC mill to mill PC Boards.
> > > > ?
> > > > https://www.sainsmart.com/collections/genmitsu-cnc/products/sains
> > > > mart-genmitsu-cnc-router-3018-pro-diy-kit
> > > > ?
> > > > Does anyone have any experience to share?? Any special type of PC
> > > > Board material to use? What milling bits? Any other helpful
> > > > details on setting this up?
> > > > ?
> > > > 73,
> > > > Mark, N8ME
> > > > ?
> > > > ?
> > > > ?
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