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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. The numbers confirm it... by Aliencow · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot is dying Comments with 0 posts are now common..

  2. consulting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this goes to my konsulting homiez at the labs

  3. BORING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This article fucking SUCKS

  4. who my shit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    who my shit?

  5. Yeeha. 4 Comments by irving47 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And he is ooooooout of here!
    Can slashdot users be considered a denial of service attack? Does anyone know if it as ever been argued in court that slashdot, drudge, or fark admins commited a felony by posting a link to a website...?

    --
    I had a sucky sig.
  6. what is with the website addy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it has a .cx in it. what country is this, and does living in this country have anything to do with anal cramming?

  7. does he think he's an ENGINEER or something? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    well...does he? ;-)