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General Mach Discussion / Re: issues with PCB milling - newbie
« on: May 02, 2012, 02:08:07 AM »
I don’t know if posting this here will be of any help but PCB milling is good for certain applications but not so good for others.
I make quite a few prototype PCB’s and for simple circuits the ‘isolation routing’ method is probably the quickest and cleanest method I have ever used, particularly if there are drilled holed or machined profiles etc as with a couple of tool changes the whole process can be completed in minimal time. As a layout starts to become more complicated and particularly if there are large areas of copper to be removed then the ‘print and acid etch’ method comes into it’s own and it is really just a matter of deciding where the break point occurs.
This little PCB was made by isolation routing and represents a mornings work from creating the layout to producing the prototype.
Tweakie.
I make quite a few prototype PCB’s and for simple circuits the ‘isolation routing’ method is probably the quickest and cleanest method I have ever used, particularly if there are drilled holed or machined profiles etc as with a couple of tool changes the whole process can be completed in minimal time. As a layout starts to become more complicated and particularly if there are large areas of copper to be removed then the ‘print and acid etch’ method comes into it’s own and it is really just a matter of deciding where the break point occurs.
This little PCB was made by isolation routing and represents a mornings work from creating the layout to producing the prototype.
Tweakie.