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In this video I will be testing out the Voltera V-One PCB printer and create a homemade PCB version of one of my older PCB projects in order to find out whether such a PCB printer is a good replacement for proper PCB manufacturers. Along the way we will discover all the advantages and disadvantages such a printer comes with. Let’s get started!
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Music:
2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats
Killing Time, Kevin MacLeod
(incompetech.com)
0:00 Introduction (Why PCBs are important!)
1:17 Introducing the PCB printer
1:55 Intro
2:42 Unpacking the PCB printer
3:19 Installing the software
3:52 Deciding on an example PCB project
4:21 Drill process
5:48 Printing the top layer
7:35 Printing the bottom layer
8:04 Adding the rivets
8:25 Soldering the components
8:51 Homemade PCB of one of my older projects
10:51 Verdict of the PCB printer
I cut boards with a 3018 during development, then order the boards for production. I think I will keep doing that.
The comments seem to miss the point of this: This is for profesional rapid prototyping, it’s not for end products made by hobyists.
It doesn’t compete with PCB manufactue houses, instead it competes with protoboards. And if you are a company, having employees waste time hand soldering wires on a protoboard quickly becomes expensive as the hours rack up.
9:20 what about the Uzi 9mm 😂… sorry mate couldn’t resist.. it looks good in principal and was thinking if I could get just a print head and fit to a standard CNC machine. … what would the soldering g princess be like if you used some liquid flux?
I think for me, photo developing is my first choice followed my milling out.
This is a really good video buddy thank you
4-5k€ and it looks like you’ve made the PCB by hand