[Coco] Prototype PCB's

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at gmail.com
Wed Jun 30 22:51:47 EDT 2010


On Wednesday 30 June 2010, sales at gimechip.com wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a good place to have prototype PCB's made in small
> (like 2 or 3) quantity for cheap. It would help me get these hardware
> designs out there faster. I have checked with Express PCB or PCB Express
> - their miniboard service would be great, that is, if they accepted
> Gerber's. As it is, I know my way around EAGLE pretty well - I don't want
> to have to learn a new CAD/CAM/etc. Package. And I have some really cool
> designs that I'd like to get out there, and yes, I do eventually release
> the entire designs for all to see - I want people to be able to build
> anything I design without having to order it from me (unless they want
> to). By releasing these things, people can improve them, build their own,
> etc. - That's why I enjoy doing this stuff - It's fun and you guys Rock
> Out Loud! Oh Yeah!!! (nope, I'm not Kool-Aid man, I just like to yell Oh
> Yeah!)  - John
>
John, can you get gcode (rs274-d I believe it is) out of Eagle?  I have a 
small cnc milling machine that can do about 4"x10" boards max.  No bits ATM, 
but thats fixable if I can get the bit costs back.  Not terribly speedy as 
the spindle is all tapped out at 2500 rpms.

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