Desktop PCB milling without investing 2 years to get it running

adria.junyent-ferre wrote 10/22/2017 at 13:26 • 0 points

Hi. I remember reading an article back in May reporting on Othermill being acquired by Bre Pettis. The company was rebranded as Bantam Tools but I haven't heard any news about their mill lately. Their social media accounts seem to be very quiet. Does anyone know where is this going? Do you know of any good <$4,000 alternatives for desktop PCB milling that don't involve buying a terrible CNC from Ebay and spending an awful lot of time getting it to work with some open source control board?

Thanks!

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rax4ever wrote 12/01/2017 at 08:43

https://wegstr.com/ seems good !

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WestfW wrote 10/24/2017 at 04:26

used LPKF machines show up on eBay relatively regularly. Usually somewhat near your $4k target price.

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Jarrett wrote 10/23/2017 at 20:32

Is "active social media" a requirement for purchasing a machine that seems to be very well reviewed?

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adria.junyent-ferre wrote 10/23/2017 at 20:49

No but I don't want to spend a lot of money on a machine and find out 3 months later that the company disappeared and there's no support. It happened before and I didn't enjoy it. :(((

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Simon Merrett wrote 10/23/2017 at 17:58

@adria.junyent-ferre I haven't got any experience of the machine but it would appear that PCB milling is within the intended use cases of the boxzy machine.

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adria.junyent-ferre wrote 10/23/2017 at 20:51

Thanks, I didn't know about that one. I'll give it a proper look.

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Desktop PCB milling without investing 2 years to get it running

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