[Swansea Hackspace] CNC Mill Progress

[Alan Cox]

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:27:28 +0000
Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk> wrote:

> After another session of tweaking we now have the Mill moving the right
> distances in the right directions under the control of an arduino
> running Grbl.
> 
> Next we need to find a suitable block of wood to use as a bed, mill it
> flat, then possibly print, and attach some kind of claps to it to hold
> PCBs

What sort of "block" do you need (surveying the woodpile)
 
> We should then be able to mill our own PCB boards, and do any other kind
> of engraving / milling jobs you can come up with, although so far i only
> have a complete toolchain for PCB layouts.

3D printing is one of them - you can print oversize a bit and mill down
to get a decent finish.

Alan