Dont know where to start... Mill Electronic PCBs

[samsagaz]

hi guys, im from argentina, i want to made 2 machines one for router wood and another to create holes in electronic PCBs......

for woodworking ill create something like JGro CNC Router. this looks nice for me....

but dont know in wich forum i can read info abt the PCBs,... i dont need to create something to route.

Can someone tellme where to start?

Thanks..

[aalberto09]

Hola,espero que te sea util.
busca en el foro al mas ducho en el tema de pcb,su nick es
PMinMO. Su pototipos son de libre uso,no comercial solo personal uso.
el ultimo proyecto en el que trabaja esta pidiendo unas donaciones o piensa vender el pcb a un precio economico para sufragar gasto.
suerte.

[samsagaz]

thanks aalberto09, but im looking for an prototype or some doc abt cnc machines to drill PCBs, i found nice stuff abt woodworking machines, but dont know if will be useful to drill PCBs too.

dont know in wich section of the forum read abt machines to drill the holes in the PCB.

[sundy58]

We use a LPKF PCB Mill. It is just a small CNC mill. I have been thinking of using a regular CNC mill to do PCB's. The LPKF uses standard end mills and drill bits.
Your question is how do I go from my circuit board design to G code for my mill?
I can help there a little.
As far as the mill it should be very simple to make PCB's.
Give me more a reply so we can get to what exactly you need.

[samsagaz]

thanks sundy.... so if i made an design for example with proteus i need to convert it to "G Code" and later mill?

i can use any soft to create the PCBs and later is easy to convert it to G Code?

[sundy58]

It looks like Proteus outputs standard CAD/CAM formats. Then you need a post processor to convert to what your mill uses.
I hope someone else will wade in here if I'm wrong.
How do you go from CAD to your mill now? The same software should work.

[samsagaz]

i dont have any soft

[sundy58]

A lot of people here use bobcam. I haven't used it so can't tell you much. I think you should go to the http://www.cnczone.com/forums/general_cnc_mill_lathe_control_software_nc/ General Control forum. Perhaps look at LPKF website http://www.lpkf.com/index.htm. Good luck!