2 Sep
1999
2 Sep
'99
3:42 p.m.
Joe wrote:
I've heard that there are knifes available that
can be used in them to
cut strip lines on copper PCB and knifes for cutting out vinyl and other
materials but I don't know what they cost or where you can get them. Does
anyone know any more about them?
There are small machines designed for the express purpose of milling
printed circuit boards. There's no way a pen plotter will be able to do
that with a knife or drill; they weren't designed to produce enough force
or move enough mass for that type of work.
Modifying the pen lift assembly of a 9872 to raise the pen-down height enough
for the thickness of a copper-clad board to plot resist is easy and works
well.
For cutting vinyl, perhaps. It's still way beyond what the plotter was
designed for.