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Awesome or what..... 3D printer for making PCB`s

Started by koky, November 23, 2013, 12:26:50 PM

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Gledison

Great link! Thanks!
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Ettore_M

Really awesome! I didn't ever think that something like this would be possible!  ::) Silly me!
However, I'm more into CNCs for this type of work! ;)

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madbean

Yeah, looks awesome. I'm going to kick in a little on their fundraiser. I would wear that thing out.

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Quote from: Ettore_M on November 23, 2013, 01:48:00 PM
Really awesome! I didn't ever think that something like this would be possible!  ::) Silly me!
However, I'm more into CNCs for this type of work! ;)

Hector

Hector, would love to hear more about this!  Specifically how you generate gcode?

And, yeah, pretty cool stuff!
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jimilee

It looks amazing and the backing is really taking off. I wonder what the cost per pcb is and how readily the materials are to print on.
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pickdropper

I'm curious how robust it is.  It probably doesn't matter much for proof of concept prototyping, but if it is something you plan on using for a long period of time it might.
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croquet hoop

Looks interesting, especially if it can reliably print dual layer boards.

Ettore_M

Quote from: wgc on November 23, 2013, 03:45:13 PM
Hector, would love to hear more about this!  Specifically how you generate gcode?

And, yeah, pretty cool stuff!
Hi Billy! I don't have or use a CNC machine, but I'm in search of information on how to build a desktop one. Eventually, I'll build one! :)

Aaaa.. And G code is generated via a G code interpreter. Search the interwebs! ;) Even Inkscape has a plugin for this job.

Hector
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wgc

I've been searching. ..!

I use cnc for other things and generate it from 3d cad I do myself.

The plugins, etc I've seen for pcb havn't worked for me. I haven't tried from gerber files though, just trying to convert bw images of etchable layouts to gcode using plugins but hast worked reliably. Yet. ;-).

So far anything that has worked basically turns the cnc into a big dot matrix printer, not very efficient, and many errors.
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