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ruffrecords said:
I just came across this interesting article about making PCBs using a paper cutter that retails for $300:

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/papercutterpcbs/

Cheers

Ian
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I was in one of the arts-and-crafts megastores (Michael's, Joann's, whatever) and saw that cutter, and I thought two things:

a) It's like the old HP 7475A pen-plotter, with knives instead of pens (and you could put cutters in the 7475A's carousel instead of pens), and

b) could it be used to either cut rubylith or better, directly cut through copperclad to make a PCB?

-a
 
I have been looking for something to allow me to knock up simple prototype PCBs for some time and this could be the thing. In addition , it also cuts vinyl I believe so you could print front panels on the vinyl then use this to make the cut out holes for the controls, meters etc.

At £300 here in the UK it is a tenth the price of a regular CNC device.

Cheers

Ian
 

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