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README.md

The first 3D-printable (Rep-Rap alike) CNC machine, intended for PCB manufacture.

Read this, it's important!

Upcoming release 2.0
If you are reading this, then you are looking at the development version of Cyclone PCB Factory. If you just want to build the machine, take a look at the following locations:

Documentation: http://reprap.org/wiki/Cyclone_PCB_Factory
Releases: https://github.com/carlosgs/Cyclone-PCB-Factory/releases

Cyclone v0.9.7

Mail list / Forum

If you are interested in this project, please consider joining our mail list:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cyclone-pcb-factory
Any help and feedback will be appreciated, particularly with software usage and software development :)

Links of interest

Repository of v0.9.7 (deprecated)
Project network (useful to find the latest work by collaborators)
Wiki entry on RepRap.org
A year of development (01/20/2014) (with information regarding the evolution of the project)

Getting the (development) source files

Install git (http://git-scm.com/) onto your system. Then run a clone:

git clone git://github.com/carlosgs/Cyclone-PCB-Factory.git

This will download the latest sources into a directory named 'Cyclone-PCB-Factory'.

Important step:

To pull the MCAD (http://reprap.org/wiki/MCAD) and Obiscad (https://github.com/Obijuan/obiscad) libraries, do the following:

cd Cyclone-PCB-Factory
git submodule update --init

Bill of materials (to be updated and moved to the RepRap wiki page)

Kobus' https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjYcEd1WlkqCdERINEFvRk9mVTZvdXZFR0VHVjRWc2c#gid=0
Robsbots' https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmiiQRLnjs9cdE12VDFmTHJ4N3JoTzcwbkJPb0ZLSWc#gid=0
Carlosgs' https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsQp8IK25R4IdGk3LTdOWmpFR0Nrc0RhaVJaUC1CMUE

Videos

v2.0a Milling wax (August 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drV_r_OSsi4
v0.9.7 Cyclone PCB factory, the process (June 2013): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKW3fwy1h0k
v0.9.6 Y axis concept by Yopero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzcobonQP40
v0.9.5 Probing a PCB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5zXL8k5T9E
v0.9.5 Milling MDF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QpxjheEjEc and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjav0hBtmYA
v0.8 Drawing test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-HSdE89JOM
v0.7.5 XY axis test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9umlq4oHG64
v0.7.5 High speed XY test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3uYCXryj60

License

Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Authors

Check Hardware, Software and Firmware sections for details regarding authorship

Render (v0.9.7)

Thanks a lot to Glen Chung for the fully assembled renders

Disclaimer

This hardware/software is provided "as is", and you use the hardware/software at your own risk. Under no circumstances shall any author be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use, misuse, or inability to use this hardware/software, even if the authors have been advised of the possibility of such damages.