Carvey - 3D carving machine

[sled]

I recently stumbled over this little machine here: https://www.inventables.com/technologies/carvey

It seems interesting since it's really precise for milling PCBs and maybe one could directly mill coil housings out of plastic with it, although this would require multiple steps since the working area is limited to 20x30cm.

What do you think? Personally I'd prefer such a machine over a 3D printer at the same price.

The results on PCBs are not bad:

[6666]

That looks nice, from the site

Can I mill circuit boards? Yes. You will need to source your own PCB milling bits and a software solution like EAGLE to make software files optimal for milling circuits.

[greylourie]

Looks very nice.

I found another one, but it is strictly pcb stuff. See here : http://cirqoid.com/
It can even do solder paste dispensing and pick 'n place. The video shows it in action.

On a restricted budget ? Interested in learning, tweaking and improving ?
Check out the Cyclone PCB Factory. Designed to work with Eurocard size 160 x 100 pcb material.

http://reprap.org/wiki/Cyclone_PCB_Factory
https://github.com/carlosgs/Cyclone-PCB-Factory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!fo...ne-pcb-factory

PortalCyclone. Bigger version, can be used for other things besides pcb milling. http://www.cyclonecnc.4fan.cz/portalcyclone/

See a builder/user mill out some G10/fibreglass for a quadcopter frame, here : http://youtu.be/lX586xCEef0

[Qiaozhi]

The results from the Carvey machine don't look any better than I achieved with the cheap CNC3020T Chinese machine I bought off eBay.
Calling all PCB CNC Milling Experts


Save the Carvey 3D image, and then zoom into the detail.

Note that the MLF32 (0204) looks like a disaster area, and some of the pads have been completely milled out, and the TQFP32 (0402) is close to its accuracy limit. Also, there must be a fair amount of backlash in the system, as there are still some anomalies visible in the DIP outline.

It's quite expensive too, plus you will need to add on the cost of the software.

[Koala]

The results from the Carvey machine don't look any better than I achieved with the cheap CNC3020T Chinese machine I bought off eBay.
Calling all PCB CNC Milling Experts


Save the Carvey 3D image, and then zoom into the detail.
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Note that the MLF32 (0204) looks like a disaster area, and some of the pads have been completely milled out, and the TQFP32 (0402) is close to its accuracy limit. Also, there must be a fair amount of backlash in the system, as there are still some anomalies visible in the DIP outline.

It's quite expensive too, plus you will need to add on the cost of the software.

"MLF32 (0204) looks like a disaster area" not even worth taking a photo of

looks like somethings wrong with the left right flex / backlash.