Posted by Jim Morris on Thu Aug 18 15:39:50 -0700 2022
This is the procedure I currently use to mill a single sided through hole (not SMD) PCB.
I design the board using eagle, then export the gerber files for the drill and bottom copper, then run flatcam to generate the isolation routing.
... Show more ...Posted by Jim Morris on Thu Aug 30 09:35:20 -0700 2018
I have tried the various techniques for creating PCBs on a laser cutter (both a 3w led and K40 CO2). The issue was the paint would leave a residue on the PCB after being lasered, and removing it proved to be hard to impossible. Using the toothbrush approach it didn't touch it, and using IPA it took off the thinner traces too.
So I came up with an alternative.
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