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

[koky]

http://www.electronicproducts.com/Packaging_and_Hardware/Prototyping_Tools_Equipment_Services/This_3D_printer_exclusively_makes_PCBs.aspx

[kothoma]

Great link! Be sure to also look here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cartesianco/the-ex1-rapid-3d-printing-of-circuit-boards?ref=category

[Gledison]

Great link! Thanks!
Soon our hobby will be 'vintage'.
Cheers

[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!

Hector

[madbean]

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

[DutchMF]

That is so cool!!!! I want one.......

Paul

[wgc]

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!

[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.

[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.

[croquet hoop]

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

[Ettore_M]

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

[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.

[culturejam]

Duuuuuuuuude.