This is an alternative build-platform for the Thing-o-Matic.<br>
(May also fit the Cupcake, You'll have to try.)<br>
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Using the ABP-quick-release ( <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8878">thingiverse.com/thing:8878</a> )<br>
you can quickly switch your automated build platform for this platform and using<br>
the Repman toolhead adapter ( <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8738">thingiverse.com/thing:8738</a> )<br>
and Dremel Milling Toolhead ( <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1703">thingiverse.com/thing:1703</a> )<br>
you can start milling PCBs.<br>
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Make mechanics, enclosures AND electronics on your desktop factory!<br>
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I'm currently preparing a video explaining all the steps<br>
from printing the parts down to setting up VIsolate<br>
for optimized voronoi milling and then actually<br>
milling a spare Thing-o-Matic end-stop.<br>
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This is already version 1.2 of the platform while I used version 1.1 .<br>
The difference is that you can level the platform using 4 small bolts now.<br>
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Blog Entry:<br>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://marcuswolschon.blogspot.com/2011/06/achievement-unlocked-pcb-milling.html">marcuswolschon.blogspot.com/2011/06/achievement-unlocked-pcb-milling.html</a><br>
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Video:<br>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z14gkPYD0aI">youtube.com/watch?v=z14gkPYD0aI</a><br><br><br>------<br><br>ComponentTraces.pho is a nice file to test this.<br>
It is the upper side of the v1.2 mechanical end-stop for a Thing-o-Matic.<br>
(You can have 3 additional end-stops + 1 emergency-stop -switch.)<br>
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In the video I describe the basics of running vIsolate<br>
( <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/visolate/">sourceforge.net/projects/visolate/</a> )<br>
to do optimized voronoi milling of that PCB.<br>
There are lots of other programs to do the g-code generation too.
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