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Build Your Own PCB Milling Machine

Posted by timothy on from the for-large-values-of-it dept.

mwandel writes "It used to be that one off amateur printed circuit boards were all etched in acid. A lot of companies nowadays use a special form of milling machine to mill them out of solid copper clad circuit boards. This guy Jonathan Westhues built his own PCB milling machine out of various parts, with a laminate trimmer as the milling head. Lots of other neat hacks on his Webpage as well."

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  1. slashdotted already by doowy · · Score: 2, Funny

    /. really needs a mirroring system or at least ask guys like this and/or give them fair warning to prepare.

    2 comments so far and its already down. What's the point? The article might as well be yanked all together.

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  2. Re:milling machines are cool by Cyno01 · · Score: 1, Funny
    Affordable metal cutting lathes are expensive too.
    Huh?
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  3. Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 2, Funny

    I dont know about milling, but I've got a PCB mining machine right here: a fishing pole dipped in the East River.