Need advice on cnc to pcb circuit job!

[Tenson]

Making PCBs this way is very slow, you know?

IME it is better to use a professional fabricator - http://www.kikipcb.com/

Unless you are making rather crude and large PCBs it's a tough job for a mill to do a good job. My PCBs have tracks only 0.2mm wide and similar spacing, that is a difficult ask for an affordable mill.

[C_Bubba]

I use a combination of Eagle to do the design work and the pcb-gcode ulp to generate the necessary gcode files. For the small one off type of thing that I do as a hobbyist, this works fine.
The ulp can be found either on the Eagle site or there is a yahoo group dedicated to it.

[alfons37]

I need for small job. Maybe 4-5 pcs pcb year

Example for my job.
http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/1...font-b-ECU.jpg

[C_Bubba]

It looks like those boards might easily be handled by Eagle Lite (no cost for a hobbist) and the ulp is also no cost.
Might be a winner setup for you.

[alfons37]

So it is free card for eagle lite?, Would be fun to try cnc , but no one has tips on a cnc router with good price and easy to use!

[C_Bubba]

I built my router (about 330mm x 330 mm x ~50mm) and control it with an old DOS program called Turbocnc.

The router was built with and aluminum channel and flat stock. I found some linear rails to use for the X, Y, and Z. Managed to get a spindle (only 70 watts but works for PCB work). used acme lead screws with derlin nuts for zero backlash.

Works for me.

[Tenson]

How many PCB can you buy for the cost of a router?