For the gerber to gcode conversion I find pcb2gcode works quite well with kicad: pcb2gcode/pcb2gcode <https://github.com/pcb2gcode/pcb2gcode> There is also a GUI for it: https://github.com/pcb2gcode/pcb2gcodeGUI
This setup creates code for milling the outlines of the connections and only removes that. On Sunday, 8 April 2018 07:06:17 UTC+2, Chris Albertson wrote: > > Is anyone using a CNC mill to make PCBs? The video linked below shows > someone doing this on a small mill with Mach 3. The PCB is certainly not > high tech. The parts are all through hole with 0.1 inch lead pitch and it > is one side only. Right out of the 1970's but it is exactly what I want to > make. More complex PCBs can go to oshpark > > Is there a Linux based tool chain? The part I don't see is how to > convert Gerber files to g-code files. > > Then what tools work best? I think three are needed tiny end mill to > route copper, Tiny spiral mill for cutting the PCB all the way through and > a few micro side drill bits for the through holes. > > BTW it seems like the guy in the video could have saved a lot of time by > using a (fake) ground plane that flooded all the empty space. No need to > mill all that copper away. > > https://youtu.be/xM8sTEw3OLQ?t=5m41s > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
