Thanks , I have heard that some people have successfully milled steel on a shapeoko, but I think it is tough(both literally and figuratively). I will start by testing wood and then aluminium before i go for any kind of steel. It would also require a degree of cooling that my current setup doesn't support.
I am fairly confident that I can do brass at some point. regarding PCB. I saw a video on youtube with someone doing just that , so i guess it is possible. i think the minimum stepsize is less than 0.1 mm. I wasnt aware that that was even possible so now my head is swimming with even more ideas :-) now i just have to learn about electronics
Thanks , I have heard that some people have successfully milled steel on a shapeoko, but I think it is tough(both literally and figuratively). I will start by testing wood and then aluminium before i go for any kind of steel. It would also require a degree of cooling that my current setup doesn't support.
If it could do at least, say, brass, you could make a wood branding thingy for signing the wooden stuff you make. Such nice.
BTW does it have the precision to mill PCBs using FlatCAM or something like that?
Questions, questions 8-).
I am fairly confident that I can do brass at some point. regarding PCB. I saw a video on youtube with someone doing just that , so i guess it is possible. i think the minimum stepsize is less than 0.1 mm. I wasnt aware that that was even possible so now my head is swimming with even more ideas :-) now i just have to learn about electronics
Electronics is fun, especially analog electronics, but you sound like you have enough to do already.
You could rasterise a B&W photo and mill the pixels into the copper of a blank pcb.
Or make a wood-branding bit of brass with an avatar on it, with a pin on the back that fits into
mya soldering iron.Maybe I just want a Shapeoko myself.
:-) maybe you need one -