Tiny CoreXY PCB mill! (that actually works)

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Published 2019-03-10

At this year's Make Munich, I found the ANT CNC - a custom, minuscule CNC made just to mill PCBs with the best precision possible! It's completely open source, too, and small enough to store in a drawer once you're done.

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All Comments (21)

@TheAntPCBMaker 5 years ago

Thank you Thomas, we really appreciated your interview, I was a bit nervous because I am not used to be interviewed (you had a lot of editing work to do, I guess :D ). We read a bit of comments of people who wants to build the machine, we are really happy about that. The mechanical drawings are licensed as Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA, so you are free to build it, and above all modify it and eventually improve it. If you are able to make it better let us know, please! As I tried to say during the interview, the Bill Of Materials, is not available at the moment, but it will be as soon as we finish the last assembling videos.
@giliant 5 years ago

Open source, few words warm my heart so effectively.
@andrewbeaton3302 5 years ago

And JUST like that, ANT IS going to get huge because of this video!
@MadeWithLayers 5 years ago

And this is probably the last video I'll make about DIY'ing PCBs for a while 😉
@MakersMuse 5 years ago

Really cool little unit! I'd be interested in using it to machine small stamps vs pcbs. Wonder where they sourced that tiny collet from.
@lollandster 5 years ago

I just found my next project
@kevinm3751 5 years ago

Love the idea of taking this and making a laser engraver out of it! So many useful things I could use it for! Super awesome they are going open source and I think something like this is going to morph into some amazing things! Thanks to the creators and developers for giving this to us!
@thingswelike 5 years ago

I have absolutely no need for a PCB mill, but what a beautiful machine. Great work!
@khominhvi 5 years ago

Thanks, I was looking for a 3D printed PCB milling machine and this looks pretty awesome.
@3DDistributed 5 years ago

I love the spindle solution
@VectorNodes 5 years ago

Making one this week! Thank you guys a ton
@robsciuk729 5 years ago

Good focus on a simple PCB engraver ... nicely done!!
@douras96 5 years ago

That's a very nice way to make simple 1 or 2 sided PCBs with a lower ecological footprint. You just have to source your copper and then its locally made, open-source and without the waste and transport associated with classic PCB making. Love it !
@chiparooo 5 years ago

Thank you for sharing this maker! Very interesting.
@spikekent 5 years ago

Superb interview. This looks like a CNC that I might have room for. Great work guys.
@cliffordclavin6888 5 years ago

Since I living in a flat with limited space, being tiny is really an appreciated feature.
@viktorkonig2710 5 years ago

Not the cheapest build, but really small and compact, thank you guys to share with us this masterpiece!
@nEuDyYT 5 years ago

Great Video! I visited also this booth during my Make Munich visit and I was also impressed by this PCB milling machine :-) Unfortunately, I not saw you around, to give you a short greeting
@McBrodo 5 years ago

This is phenomenal! Definitely building one, will save so much time prototyping!
@tonim.9460 5 years ago

Looks awesome! 👍