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Mach Discussion => FAQs => Topic started by: hollydog on March 18, 2010, 08:26:34 AM

Title: PCB Boards
Post by: hollydog on March 18, 2010, 08:26:34 AM

PCB`S is it possible to scan in a simple one sided board from black and white paper print out and with a suitable programme machine with mack3. I do not want to design the board in eagle etc.
                                               Hollydog

Title: Re: PCB Boards
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on April 03, 2010, 06:25:31 AM

Hi Hollydog,

Yes, it is pretty easy to do it this way provided you can accept 'isolation routing' for the finished PCB.
Rather than explain the whole process here, this is a link to the way I have done it  http://www.cooperman.talktalk.net/files/15.htm

If you need to remove all, or just some of the unwanted copper then a program such as CopperCAM could produce the toolpath but this route produces a large GCode file with even larger machining times involved.

Tweakie.

Title: Re: PCB Boards
Post by: hollydog on April 03, 2010, 07:51:49 AM

Many thanks Tweakie best site I have  found  for a long time. I have built a Gantry machine working area 18" x 24" have it engraving and making cogs.
                   Many thanks for your help.
                       Hollydog.