Then for the botom i went with a big block of alu which i gona mil with a 3axis cnc. The top plate also needs some miling on it for that i gona use a old open cnc (Deckel "ca 25 years old ^^) machine. For the surface finish i let it beadblast and anodize for the nice look.
Yeah i thought of that but dind knew if that was wanted ^^. But since you are asking i gona do it.Then for the botom i went with a big block of alu which i gona mil with a 3axis cnc. The top plate also needs some miling on it for that i gona use a old open cnc (Deckel "ca 25 years old ^^) machine. For the surface finish i let it beadblast and anodize for the nice look.
I DEMAND MACHINING PORN. Please take videos or pictures of you machining with a Mill/CNC machine :D
Yeah i thought of that but dind knew if that was wanted ^^. But since you are asking i gona do it.
Really looking forward to seeing this finished. I'm amazed at how fast you were able to get it milled. How come you have access to this sort of stuff? ;DWell im a trainee as a "polytechnician/precisionmechanican" or something like that i dont know if my proffesion exists outside of europe or my country. Im working atm in the "traniee mechanic centere" and we have there a few milling, drilling, spinning etc machines. So i aksed my boss if im allowed to do that and he agreed, the company even pays the alu.
What's wrong with it?right there
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Dunno i have it still lying around. If someone wants to have it he can get it. Problem is just that i has no top plate and no pcb jet. The PCB just would cost something is not free fro me either ^^.I DEMAND MACHINING PORN. Please take videos or pictures of you machining with a Mill/CNC machine :D
That video made me happy :D. What do you think you're going to do with the case that's messed up?
Ohhh! Bummer! She broke!Yeah but i mad another one :D
I don't know anything about Altium, but Wilba (https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=42959) certainly does. It may not have anything to do with that, however. The only time I had something like this happen, it was all of the non-plated through-holes that were not drilled; There was was a separate drill file for those, and the PCB place was expecting just 1 drill file, instead of two. I see all of the plated holes and the mechanical mounting holes are done, however, so I really don't know. Good luck!
I have ordered a PCB and it came without some holes drilled that are clearly there in altium and in solid works (step file). Some holes are drilled and some not, the ones i placed directly on the pcb where drilled but the others that are in the footprint of the cherry mx switch where not. I made both the same way: i created a circle and then made a polygon out of it and selected board cutout. I did this in on the pcb directly and in the footprint.
via PM:Quote from: ProCarpetI have ordered a PCB and it came without some holes drilled that are clearly there in altium and in solid works (step file). Some holes are drilled and some not, the ones i placed directly on the pcb where drilled but the others that are in the footprint of the cherry mx switch where not. I made both the same way: i created a circle and then made a polygon out of it and selected board cutout. I did this in on the pcb directly and in the footprint.
It's possible your problem is due to board cutouts inside a footprint not appearing in the NC files, even though they may have been visible in the STEP file.
It's not a recommended way of doing mount holes, it's certainly impractical if you want to change the size of them. For footprints like a Cherry MX, I use a Multilayer pad with the pad size equal to the hole size, give them a pin ID of 0, so they don't get associated with the electrical pins of that footprint. Thus there will be copper on the top/bottom layers, but it gets drilled out completely, and there is also an automatically produced hole in the solder mask layers. The "Plated" checkbox is unchecked.
For PCB mount holes, I create a footprint which combines a pad like this, sometimes with an overlapping pad (without hole!) on the Keepout layer, or an overlapping polygon cutout, so I can have more of a "hole" in the copper layers, so standoffs don't touch copper. To avoid the component being removed off the PCB during reconciliation with the schem, set the component's Component Type to "Mechanical" instead of "Standard".
For board outline and internal cutouts, I use the Mechanical 1 layer, I draw it up with line/arc primitives, select them all and then do Board Shape->Define from selected objects.
This defines the board shape in Altium, but the Mechanical 1 layer is generated into a Gerber file and that is what the fab can use for routing, if they don't want to use the routing in the NC Drill files.
You got lucky, you can still get this PCB to work by manually drilling those holes ;)
Finished PCB
(http://i.imgur.com/X1duhyO.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/X1duhyO.jpg)
Now i come to you with a question^^
I milled the holes for the misplaced footprint trough the gnd layer and it obv now has contact so i cant solder in the switch. I thought of adding a thin layer of coating but i have 0 idea what kind of coating i could use does someone have an idea?
Yeah i know but sadly the whole footprint was misplaced so i had to redrill all holes not just the center one
Finished PCB
(http://i.imgur.com/X1duhyO.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/X1duhyO.jpg)
Now i come to you with a question^^
I milled the holes for the misplaced footprint trough the gnd layer and it obv now has contact so i cant solder in the switch. I thought of adding a thin layer of coating but i have 0 idea what kind of coating i could use does someone have an idea?
Was it just the big center post on the bottom of the switch which you had to drill out the holes for? If it was just that, then you shouldn't have to worry about anything since it's non conductive.
Well im a trainee as a "polytechnician/precisionmechanican" or something like that i dont know if my proffesion exists outside of europe or my country. Im working atm in the "traniee mechanic centere"
Well im a trainee as a "polytechnician/precisionmechanican" or something like that i dont know if my proffesion exists outside of europe or my country. Im working atm in the "traniee mechanic centere"
Is this still laying around? Did you end up doing something with it?Dunno i have it still lying around. If someone wants to have it he can get it. Problem is just that i has no top plate and no pcb jet. The PCB just would cost something is not free fro me either ^^.I DEMAND MACHINING PORN. Please take videos or pictures of you machining with a Mill/CNC machine :D
That video made me happy :D. What do you think you're going to do with the case that's messed up?
And if i get the chance i may can record the Lasercutting for you.
This is so awesome! How much does the block you CNCD costed?60CHFr with delivery mat EN AW 5083 its pretty good for the price and for a 500x1000x1.5 en aw 6083 plate with laserfoil u pay around 40Chfr
****ing amazing dude, congratulations. The board looks really, really damn good. The contrasting colors really pop, and they're a good combination. Have you perhaps considered trying to track down a sanctuary keyset from SP? that set is the same colors as your board, and it would look really awesome I think. really really nice work!Thanks and that is realy nice set and would go along nicely with the colours i'll look out for one. Do you know if ther will eventually be another drop
Thanks and that is realy nice set and would go along nicely with the colours i'll look out for one. Do you know if ther will eventually be another drop