Joe McCauley a ˇcrit: > > Lee, > > Do you have any details of who makes them? They sound very cheap. > Werev they sold as pcb millers or as something else? > Joe > I did not check the prices but there is a company in the Ottawa region in Canada that makes such machines. http://www.storm.ca/~larken/ Gaston. > At 00:17 24/03/99 -0800, you wrote: > >>> Hey, and what about to drill directly the PCB, > > > >> Such machines exist commercially. They are quite exepnsive > >> (the cheapest I saw was ~IR=A38000) > > > >I went to the Westec '99 tradeshow today (in the Los Angeles > >Convention Center). It's for machine tools, like mills, > >lathes, bandsaws, etc. > > > >I saw 4 different desktop sized computer controlled milling > >machines. Prices ranges from $1,500 to $2,500 depending on > >size & features. Looked like they could deal with pieces up > >to about 6" x 10" (15cm x 25cm) -- that's an visual estimate. > >Control was via either a serial or parallel interface. > > > >All of them could easily handle copper clad board stock. > > > > Lee Jones > > > >