Hello Everyone,

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and do not have the money or space for a CNC to mill my PCBs. I am wondering if there is anyone in my area that would be willing to let me mill a few small, hobby PCBs on their CNC?

Hello Everyone,

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and do not have the money or space for a CNC to mill my PCBs. I am wondering if there is anyone in my area that would be willing to let me mill a few small, hobby PCBs on their CNC?

Why don't you use a service like ExpressPCB or PCB123? It's pretty quick and not that expensive, esp. if you put several PCBs in one order.

Chris (in SF).

Nah, I don't want to pay $50+ for small, one-off hobby boards.

Anyone out there around the bay area?

Nah, I don't want to pay $50+ for small, one-off hobby boards.

Well, if you have a EDA program capable of generating gerbers (like eagle or diptrace), there are places that will do it for less than $20, but, in general, that's about as low as you'll get no matter what.

If you are really trying to do it on the cheap, use a laser printer transfer and etch the things. That's cheap.

Chris.

check out batchpcb.com ? You get the added advantage of plated through holes...

Alternatively a small etching tank don't require much space..