Originally Posted by mactec54  mcphill
The Fireball would not be able to cut the SMD pads accurate enough, you need a tight
linear rail/ballscrew machine & a very good spindle, to do the fine work needed for those boards, regular boards yes it could do it, but will not do SMD boards very well |
NEED, or want... Sure better tolerances are desired, but are they needed? Not for my work. SMD is also a very broad topic.
This was done on my fireball:
Those are SMD pads, so you cannot say that it "cannot" be done on a Fireball. If you want to work with something really small, like QFN packages, you are right, not a good fit, but that is at the VERY small end of SMD for the hobbyist...