PCB Printer

[trag]

https://www.voltera.io/store/

Only $4500 with the drill attachment.   

Still, very cool.  If it was about 1/5 the price, I'd be tempted.

 

[Unknown_K]

Still cheaper to have boards made don't you think?

 

[trag]

Oh, definitely.  Especially when you start shopping the "Supplies" and "Accessories" categories.   But, as I wrote, if it was under $1000, I would start to be tempted -- as in, would consider buying it for at least a moment or two.   At ~$5000, it's not even a consideration.   I can order an awful lot of boards from Seed Studio for $5000.  I'll have to exercise patience, but for a hobbiest that's no problem.    I guess if you needed to do fast prototypes in house it might serve a business purpose.

 

[Unknown_K]

Material printing and computer controlled machining has come down so much in price over the last 30 years. I kind of wonder what will be available after I am dead. Someday you will be able to print your own microprocessors without wearing a Hasmat suite and polluting the basement where you live.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Neat toy, especially automated board assembly capability, that's easily worth more than the printing for in-house purposes. But rivets for vias on a two layer board? We don' need no steenking rivets! Etch, drill and solder a wire to both sides. But if that's automated?

 

[trag]

Yeah, if you want small scale vias, it's either tiny rivets, or copper electroplating.   

I looked into setting up electroplating and decided it would be like adopting another pet.