Comment by z3ugma
1 month ago
Building a PCB milling software tool that combines converting Gerbers to toolpaths in G-Code and then actually commanding and operating a restored PCB mill from 1998.
Bringing back the hobbyist self-made PCB workflow since it can be a headache to get designs back from PCBWay / JLC between customers, tariffs, shipping..get more quick to close the prototyping loop.
Here's a YouTube playlist of how to make PCBs at home for anyone who wants a deep dive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm_JrACrmVs&list=PLWDQgxl-jH...
A while back I created a fool called gbr2ngc which converts gerbers to gcode [0]. It has some problems but is overall functional.
[0] https://github.com/abetusk/gbr2ngc