I am looking for a couple of panels.
They will basically be pcb's but i need rectangular holes routed in them.
Any ideas ?
Are you going to make these yourself or have them fabricated by a board house?
As far as I know you can't get an square inside corner, so there will be a minimum inside radius.
If you're doing it yourself, a [u]router table for a dremel tool[/u] will help you cut straight lines.
I need someone that can make them for me.
I have seen production boards with holes but do not know how they are made.
Can they be laser cut once the copper is off ?.
Oshpark makes great boards and you can have any shape you can draw although there is a small radius on internal corners. Holes, slots, keyways whatever.
Make up Gerbers for what you are after and ask the board houses.
If you can't make Gerbers, work with someone who can, and then chase the board houses.
Recap.
Design the PCB.
Output is a Gerber file.
Order the PCB.
Submit the Gerber file here with shipping address and payment.
If you don't want to do one of these steps.
Many thanks, i have the gerbers could not find a house that did it.
Not heard of oshpark before.
Can try iteadstudio.com also, they'll do large boards.
My first choice but they do not do internal routing.
How about pcbway.com?
Or US sources, do a search for PCB houses near you. There are plenty of them, for example
The Sunstone Printed Circuit Board Story
Boardburner2:
Can they be laser cut once the copper is off ?.
FR4 doesn't laser very nicely. It tends to burn/char.
If you can't easily find a PCB manufacturer that will do it, you could get them routed/milled by a local machine shop after getting the boards made. I've milled the odd PCB at work before, and can get down to 0.5mm rad in the corners.
Ian.
ian332isport:
, you could get them routed/milled by a local machine shop after getting the boards made.Ian.
local guy does front panels but will not do frp4 for hse reasons.
I only need two.
Boardburner2:
i need rectangular holes routed in them.
What are the dimensions of the holes? What are rectangular holes,I only no about circular 1s
Six cm by 2 is probably the biggest for an lcd. Others for other stuff.
use a hand nibbler.
I don't think a nibbler will work too well on fiberglass.
Have the board make the biggest opening you can get away with, then use a jigsaw, hand file, whatever to finish the opening. Be careful about breathing the dust, and clean up well.
A scroll saw (with metal cutting blade) works well, as does a file.
I have used nibbers for some time on both fibreglass and aluminum.
Finish the hole with a diamond file.
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You may find someone in the arduino "gigs" section to do this for you with a CNC router. I think I could probably do this for you also, with a CNC router, but I still have no idea what your exact needs are. Perhaps a drawing will help others help you!