My friend Alan Yates is currently working through all manner or particle detectors. His latest one is a Gas Electron Multiplier. It's basically a very two very thin plates with many tiny holes that electrons can go through triggering an electron avalanche between the two highly charged plates.
He was going to try using a piece of veroboard, when I said I'd make him something on the CNC.
Thanks to Tyson I have a good set of solid carbide PCB drills down to 0.25mm. Alan was only after 0.3mm and 0.5mm spacing so I easily managed that on the Widgitmaster machine.
I've made a few little door signs for my nieces and nephews bedroom doors. They turned out pretty good I think. I've used my new version of VCarve Pro v6.0 for the first time and I really like the new features they've added. The new tool library and the toolpath templates are truly awesome and save a *heap* of time in creating a layout.
The Bus Pirate I got from SparkFun is a nice bit of gear, but I didn't like the fact that it was floating around on my desk naked. I'd seen someone make a similar case with a Epilog laser and thought I could do a similar or better job with my little CNC mill. This is what I came up with!
