I am brand new in this field. In order to do pc boards with a 3018 cnc, what are all the requierments? I have a cad package - EasyEda, and an Arduino starter pack with stepper motor drivers. What other hardware and software packages are required? Where can i get "programs" to run the whole system? Kind regards. Conrad Holtzhausen.
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To make a cnc machine to make boards ( if that is what you want ) is a difficult hardware project and very difficult to code - doubt an Arduino would do it .
Just send your easyada files to JLCPCB and get them to make your boards , to a higher quality than you will achieve .
Would it not make more sense to build a CNC router and use one of the many, many Arduino threads relating to a router?
EDIT: Oh, I see, the mentioned 3018 is a router. Do you have a supply of FR4 with copper on one side?
ANother edit:
Do you have carbide burrs suitable for routing the copper on circuit board material? Do you have a motor for the router that is variable speed so you can properly rout the copper?
Hi Paul. I've seen on YouTube that people use the 3018 cnc machine to make their own pcb's.
What i haven't seen is a " flowchart" of what is necessary to do that. It is definitely doable. From the cad program to the final product what else does it requier? Cheers
https://all3dp.com/2/cnc-3018-pro-software-x-best-programs/
There are CNC shields for the Uno and the Mega boards. There are versions of GRBL for both. Then you build your router from there.