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@malcolmhodgson7540 Жыл бұрын
That is so clear. Great tutorial, no silly or annoying music. Just good honest information at an understandable pace. Thanks for your efforts!
@gregwoolley7 ай бұрын
Both your single sided and this double sided video are very clear and easy to follow. Mega thanks for your help in getting me started!
@michaelmccomb33812 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. Navigating thru the menus takes a little time as a novice. Thanks again
@everydayrussia Жыл бұрын
That was a REALLY good tutorial. Quite simple, and no extra "speaking": )
@TheDerekB13 Жыл бұрын
Awesome finally someone who explains it clearly
@JustSomeVideos09 ай бұрын
Thank you! Amazing video. Love the 4 pins to locate the PCB, so simple but I was scratching my head trying to think how to get repeatable board location. TY!
@HolosSolar2 жыл бұрын
Thank so Much! I have a 3018 Prover Mach3 so your video is perfect! I wish I could find an Autoleveller instruction for Mach3 as well made! Thanks again! You have made a wonderful procedure for a pretty complicated process!
@kennetalexander83904 жыл бұрын
You helped me a lot, thanks for the video
@DIYTECHBROS4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the nice comment :-)
@nsk69143 жыл бұрын
This was the video that iam looking for thanks dude👍❤❤
@pingnaganp4 жыл бұрын
As usual, this is another great video mate, kudos !!
@DIYTECHBROS4 жыл бұрын
Thank you again Pingnagan 🙂
@rene-jeanmercier65174 жыл бұрын
Hi. Thank you for the tutorial. Very useful. This is unfortunate that you did not show the end result. You might elect to add it to your present video and republish . Thank you again. Regards, RJM
@DIYTECHBROS4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That’s a good point. Tried to include it at the beginning of the video, but should also be at the end!
@TheDIYer2 жыл бұрын
just awesome , thanks , wonderful explanation
@DIYTECHBROS2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@rioferzz5 ай бұрын
Thanks, clear tutoring!
@mfrancachs3 жыл бұрын
Incredible amazing video, just what I was looking for, excellent tricks and tips. Thanks.
@newburypi4 жыл бұрын
Great video. However I have two questions. 1. I would like to have the alignment pins located within the finished circuit board. This would allow me double purpose the holes for mounting screws. Assuming this can be done, and will test later. Are there any potential problems I should be concerned about in doing this?? 2. I would like to partially mill the tabs that hold the circuit board to the larger board material. How can this be done. 3. Bonus question ;) What are your thoughts on the term Milled Circuit Board (MCB)? My pedantry haunts me.
@DIYTECHBROS4 жыл бұрын
I for sure know what you mean! Calling a copper clad board a PCB, and naming it printed when it is milled... Regarding the alignment holes, that is a great idea! The thing to consider is that you will join the copper both sides if you use metal screws. So I would connect the copper to ground for both sides. Either that, or isolate the holes as well. And, for the tabs, you can create two CNC jobs, one cutting half the way through, and other one (with tabs) the rest of the way!
@bjondersson9 ай бұрын
A problem you might run into, which can be difficult to control, is that if you have the pins in the middle of the board, it easy to crash into to them. Of course, less risk if you set Z height for moves high enough.
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing.
@DIYTECHBROS3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for viewing :-)
@PsalmFourteenOne2 жыл бұрын
I have Flatcam version 8.994 BETA and the menu is different from yours. Such as setting the *Milling Geometry* at about 8:30 in the video. It isn't there. I have found several things in completely different areas of the software so far. Not so easy to follow along as I hoped. I may need to find it and install that version 😕
@HunTomiBp3 жыл бұрын
Super video! Are you planning to make a demonstration video about GRBL / Candle? In vain did I make a map, unfortunately I did not feel that this would follow the surveyed irregularities. Thanks!
@Berghiker3 жыл бұрын
Are you using Tungsten Carbide 2 Flutes Ball Nose End Mills to drill the holes in the PCB?
@jeffreylawton45502 жыл бұрын
Do you have any advice on how to hold down the board, do I need double-sided tape and does it need to be stiff? I set up just two alignment pins for my layout 85mm apart for a 10x7 cm board stock, but they were very tight, and I used two of the regular clamps provided with the 3018 kit just outside of the pins. Now I do the isolation run using the tips they sent with the kit and I'm not getting cutting (it's hardly even scratching the surface), it's apparently just pushing the board down (I guess it's convex), or else the tip I'm using is soft or not pointed enough. Some people are saying "do autolevelling" but I don't seem to be cutting at all, that wouldn't even address the problem! I did try those "nano blue" tips and they WERE cutting but the routes they were cutting were so wide the traces were completely "washed out" (the isolation routes from either side were touching each other) and when I looked closely at the tips they had TWO points with a gap between and weren't anywhere NEAR 0.1mm as advertised. So the problems I'm having are basically with the mechanical setup NOT the software, part of it is tip selection and part is holddown, the milling and drilling stuff seems to work just as advertised. Am I getting in trouble with "too tight" a fit on the pins so it could be bending the board a little? Could you do a KZbin addressing these challenges, or do you know of one or a webpage? I really need to isolate these issues from one another and start making progress...
@predatornomad94123 жыл бұрын
Hi there, I have the problem that the holes in the Excellon file do not match the pads. The holes are very far away. Why is that? I use EAGLE to create the boards and the G-codes.
@RayMillTN14 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@DIYTECHBROS4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Diego43222374 жыл бұрын
Mil gracias.
@DIYTECHBROS4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@belenhedderich33304 жыл бұрын
Hi Great video how about one to clean up solder mask? With the cnc of course that is a challenge!
@mariuszwozniak69184 жыл бұрын
Should all holes be drill first? In worst case top layer will be good
@DIYTECHBROS4 жыл бұрын
I really prefer drilling the through holes after the bottom side is drilled! Usually, it does not help much if one layer is good, since I need both for the PCB to work :-)
@mariuszwozniak69184 жыл бұрын
But with curved drill holes PCB is for trash
@gillesletourneau Жыл бұрын
Hi, very nice video. I have a question. The home position of my CNC is the upper right corner and my PCB as the zero origine in the bottom left corner. I'm new at this. Do you have a video where we can see how to position the start position for the top layer and then the bottom layer ? I'm not talking about the alignment holes that's ok but I need to make sure the cnc knows where to start after I flip the board.
@bjondersson9 ай бұрын
You probably figured it out already. You should have the same start position when on both sides. Whatever you use on the front side, use the same on the flip side, and I think you'll be ok.
@natesmith3844 Жыл бұрын
How do you contact the vias though? I've been looking for methods for a while now
@civedm2 жыл бұрын
Never explained how to mill the position holes. CAn it all be done in Flatcam or do I need to create a GBR file with the holes first in CAD?
@malcolmhodgson7540 Жыл бұрын
Generate a CNC job from the Excellon object, save the CNC file and then run it on the mill.
@limebulls Жыл бұрын
Do you think that a LowRider v3 can make PCBs just as good as in your video?
@DIYTECHBROS Жыл бұрын
Hi! If it uses a threaded rod and not timing belts it has good potential!
@oncom812 жыл бұрын
4:47 make ref hole
@MagicALCN3 жыл бұрын
Can we do 6 mil (0.15mm) trace width with this CNC machine ?
@dineshvyas3 жыл бұрын
Great video. But i couldn't follow? Which version of flatcam do you use? 8.5 have no such options? Can you privide link to letest realese?
@DIYTECHBROS3 жыл бұрын
See their Bitbucket bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/downloads/FlatCAM_beta_8.994_installers.txt
@luxocrates3 жыл бұрын
Having cut holes for the connections between the layers, how would you recommend actually constructing the vias?
@DIYTECHBROS3 жыл бұрын
Hi! 1. you buy pcb rivets 2. use the legs of a resistor and solder it to both sides Best of luck!
@RixtronixLAB3 жыл бұрын
I get this error when loading *.drl [error] No geometry found in file, how can I fix it ?thanks
@nsk69143 жыл бұрын
How did you select the gerber file in group icant
@bigoper4 жыл бұрын
Great video! One thing is missing... You've never showed the steps to creat the HeatMap.
@DIYTECHBROS4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! A heightmap is created in your CNC software and not FlatCam. See our video on how to mill a PCB for more info :-)
@RixtronixLAB3 жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks :)
@espero_dev2 жыл бұрын
Where do you get the double sided copper board please I can only find singles not doubles
@DIYTECHBROS2 жыл бұрын
Just search for “double sided copper clad board” on Banggood, eBay or AliExpress!
@vandresv3 жыл бұрын
Hi, Thank you for your great video. I am almost ready to mill my first 2sided pcb now. I have a question though. I can generate a height map, but, how do I apply it to the gcode created by Flatcam?
@DIYTECHBROS3 жыл бұрын
Howdy! A height map is made an applied in you CNC software :-)
@vandresv3 жыл бұрын
@@DIYTECHBROS Hi there! Thank you for your reply. I was able to close the loop now. Kicad->FlatCam->Candle, It took me a while to get the whole tool chain ready, and without people like you would had been almost impossible. THANK YOU!!!
@10Dima013 жыл бұрын
what the minimum track thickness can you get with cnc method?
@bjondersson9 ай бұрын
It depends on your CNC. I use 24 mil tracks, but I'm pretty sure I could go almost half of that, or at least 16 mil. I use a 1000x1000mm Ooznest WorkBee. Surface probing is a must and you must also minimize backlash. I've got less than 0.01mm (0.4mil) backlash in Y and about 0.06mm (2.4 mil) backlash in X. A high quality expensive machine can of course do a lot better.
@nsk69143 жыл бұрын
Are you working on linux or windows
@nothankyou82092 жыл бұрын
Why did you not show how to do the height mapping? It's a critical part of this and you just glossed over it.
@DIYTECHBROS2 жыл бұрын
Hi! Yes, it’s very important, but not a part of Flatcam, and will be different depending your CNC software and CNC machine. So while we agree that it’s very important the video would be too long and broad if we were to cover to many alternatives.
@paullehenaff30599 ай бұрын
The interface in the latest is totally different so its so difficult to follow 😫😫