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General Mach Discussion / Re: PCB Milling advice and help
« on: October 08, 2013, 09:35:49 AM »
Good advice Jeff and I do like your website.
Jomac,
Welcome to the world of PCB milling. It's a big learning curve but well worth the effort. I have been milling PCBs for nearly 10 years on and off both at work and as part of my hobby. I have experience with a SATCAM 7000 machine and an LPKF S95. Now I am experimenting with a Chinese (EBay) TS-3040C machine I purchased about 3 months ago and learning Mach3 at the same time. It is proving promising.
I use CopperCam (not Free I'm afraid) to convert Gerber and Excellon to GCode. It does a great job and is easy to learn. For general PCB milling info, I would recommend the Bungard Site http://www.bungard.de/ and also the Satcam site http://www.satcam.com.au/
Best Wishes
Wolf
Jomac,
Welcome to the world of PCB milling. It's a big learning curve but well worth the effort. I have been milling PCBs for nearly 10 years on and off both at work and as part of my hobby. I have experience with a SATCAM 7000 machine and an LPKF S95. Now I am experimenting with a Chinese (EBay) TS-3040C machine I purchased about 3 months ago and learning Mach3 at the same time. It is proving promising.
I use CopperCam (not Free I'm afraid) to convert Gerber and Excellon to GCode. It does a great job and is easy to learn. For general PCB milling info, I would recommend the Bungard Site http://www.bungard.de/ and also the Satcam site http://www.satcam.com.au/
Best Wishes
Wolf