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| Thread ID: 120317 | 2011-09-03 09:52:00 | PCB routing\milling bits | Agent_24 (57) | PC World Chat |
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| 1228467 | 2011-09-03 09:52:00 | Does anyone know of a place in NZ to purchase routing bits for PCB use? Specifically after 1mm or so fish-tail chip breaker router bits, as detailed here (www.thinktink.com) The usual suspects don't seem to carry this kind of item... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1228468 | 2011-09-08 13:06:00 | I guess nobody knows or there's none here. I asked a guy who uses a proper CNC milling machine for PCBs and he said they get theirs from overseas. Looks like I'll have to do the same! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1228469 | 2011-09-09 02:04:00 | I guess nobody knows or there's none here. I asked a guy who uses a proper CNC milling machine for PCBs and he said they get theirs from overseas. Looks like I'll have to do the same! I bought these at 1/2 the price of ones in NZ, problem being they don't send outside of USA, I was fortunate enogh to have someone in USA. goo.gl |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1228470 | 2011-09-09 02:46:00 | Those aren't for cutting FR4 though. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1228471 | 2011-09-09 03:12:00 | Dremel at your local hardware store? | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1228472 | 2011-09-09 03:31:00 | That was showing the shop, not the tools. Did look to see if they had what you wanted? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1228473 | 2011-09-09 06:00:00 | @Agent_24. Buy some from your mate. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1228474 | 2011-09-09 11:16:00 | Dremel at your local hardware store? Just had a look on their website, nothing there suitable. Dremel is about hand-held tools, not milling machines etc, so that doesn't surprise me really. That was showing the shop, not the tools. Did look to see if they had what you wanted? They do seem to have a pretty impressive selection but no, it doesn't look like they have them either. Everything seems to be for wood etc. FR4 material is not something that most people want to play with, especially in this country, or at least that seems to be the attitude of the shops. @Agent_24. Buy some from your mate. Not a bad idea but I don't think they are really his to sell. Maybe he could get his hands on the used\finished ones, but what's the point of that? So far it's looking like this shop is a good choice: drillcity.stores.yahoo.net They don't want a minimum order of $60 or so (like Think&Tinker, MegaUK and MCT) and they have the right product. They're a bit more expensive than eBay but they're from USA not China, and they actually have the correct picture to match the description of the bits. Thanks for all your suggestions though, but it does look like there is no good alternative to an overseas shop. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1228475 | 2011-09-09 11:24:00 | FYI: I just bought 10x 0.8mm PCB router bits from a guy on eBay, for the price of 1x bit on TradeMe. Free shipping to NZ although I suspect the seller has marked up his prices to accommodate shipping costs. Still "FREE" always sounds good :) | braindead (1685) | ||
| 1228476 | 2011-09-09 11:38:00 | What was the price of yours? Who did you get them from? What type of router bits though? The chipbreaker ones are supposed to be better than diamond-cut (less load\stress on the tool) Besides, on all the cheap eBay auctions that said chipbreaker, the photos all looked like the diamond-cut type. I asked the sellers about this discrepancy, so far they've all ignored me, which in my mind means that the product descriptions are just a pile of lies. |
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