Thanks Zig for the great post.
I made a probe today to help set the tool z offset and map the small irregularities in z height of the stock in order to use a v-bit.
I was also trying to cut my mask into 10mil brass and the guy in the video was using 5mil, so I will get my hands on some of that.
Drools: Brass is often used in stencil makiing, but just about any metal that can be found in 5-10mil sheets and cheap will work. Some have used plastic transparencies but I think the results arent as good. I used brass because I had it on hand.
If you are making any number of pcbs rather than a single prototype then a solder mask and solder paste just saves toooo much time to pass up.
Colin |