Collin’s Lab: PCB Milling
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Learn a new way to create printed circuit boards by way of a milling machine. Join Collin as he uses an Othermill to cut the foundation for a simple capacitive synthesizer.
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Collins lab is my favorite series on Adafruit! I'd love it if you could make videos more often. So much to learn, so little time!!
100% agree..Colin Slab is coolest geek on the planet apart from Nixie Pixel.
P0tat0_craft AGREE! So much to learn! this guy knows how to explain things the fun way!
Thomas Coronado yeah buddy!
me too
this guy has taught me so much in three hours compare to my instructors in two month. keep up the good work.
Roshane X you have bad instructors then
Maybe so but the way he explains the steps in an informative cutback and comedic fashion makes it 100x easier to stomach.
Always a good day when Collin drops a video.
this guy is awesome he needs his own channel. he's like a cross between Agent Smith (the Matrix) and Graham Garden(the Goodies)...
+Stephen Thorley
He reminds me of The Lone Gunman from X-files.
+Stephen Thorley Closer to Agent Smith
+Stephen Thorley and Clint Howard?
+Stephen Thorley i looked the comments for this. the agent smith part.
+Stephen Thorley : Graham Garden is a great shout!
I am a retired teacher and I used Collin's videos in my Electronics class, the grades were 6 to 12. Collin's videos never had a problem keeping the student's attention. I am talking about a class size of up to 35 students.
Okay, I wasn't totally convinced by the usefulness of the mill but when I saw the cat pin, I was sold!
I swear this man is a serial killer when hes not busy making electronics.
LOL
He makes music and hangs out with his cat.
I really love Collin's Lab. Please continue to make them!
Don't see enough of collin since he left make, funny guy
LOVE THIS SHOW! I just got into the maker world & feel this has become the Bill Nye of technology. Just wanted to say that.
I love the style: an electronic geek in a suit. Also a nice video shooting technique. Two thumbs up!
The confidence is creepy. Like a young Mr.Burns.
Collin, you are one of my favorite people ever.
Collin is amazing. Hollywood is his domain.
Perfect, I was just looking into PCB CNCs yesterday. Thank you Collin.
Just stumbled across this vid.
I haven't seen you in Ages!!
Oh My Gooooooooooooo...ood!!!
Simply stupendous stuff!!
this guy needs a raise I want this just because of his asome sails pitch
Collin's videos are the best!
What a cinematic production 👍😁
watched both your circuit board vids, great work man
Man, you entertain and educate me at the same time. Really good video's!!!
Wow! People are terribly fascinated with the physical appearance of this host! I am absolutely mesmerized by the wabi sabi going on with his do. But mostly, I appreciate the stuff about the electronics I am actually here for :D
He's pretty. If he was female half the comments would relate to her appearance, before they mentioned her skills. As he's male comments about his look are obvious.
Great videos, just watch them all on the Apple TV APP, Please Collin do more videos, very well done
Collin, your awesome!
Thanks for another great video.
I love all of collins videos
that intro was smooth as fuck
edit: That whole thing was smooth as fuck, I feel like I'm being sold black market cnc mills
Would like to see Collin's Lab a little more frequently for sure.
In my last job i was working with ProtoMat s100, a great PCB milling machine.
"pleasantly glitchable, capacitively touchable, i like it"
I didn't even know these were still happening. Pretty cool.
Love Colin. Keep the vids coming.
brilliant! I love this. A masterpiece in every video.
I need one of those, looks like it is discontinued
Really awesome video, thanks for taking the time to create these.
How difficult would it be to make a DIY soldermask for that PCB? Could you use the milling machine to cut a stencil out of some material? Or maybe use something like a vinyl cutter?
Thanks for your introducing of the milling machine, what is the cost of the machine and who, is the supplier. Your soon response will be highly appreciated.
AMAZING VIDEO, KEEP MAKING PLEASE
Amazing guy. Reminds me of those Open University (BBC TV in the 70s) lecturers. Very clever guy though. Keep up the great work!
This guy's dry delivery is priceless!
Great video demonstrating PCB milling comparable to LPKF etc., but I think the holy grail is in traditional photolithography with resolution allowing fine traces reliably at 10 micron and below. The elements to process boards I’ve been collecting for several years as it’s very hard to find anything at reasonable cost second hand, so far I have a new in the box Korean GMP Photonex-sync235 laminator with 4 internally heated silicon rollers that ensure even heat distribution of DuPont risten film laminated boards, and a Kinsten KVB30D Double Sided Vacuum UV Exposure Box. The last and critical element I’m still searching is a good Photoplotter from Bungard or Fortex, however these are selling new around $10,000 much more than the few hundred I found the other tools for so I’m wondering with all the new high quality X-Y axis and laser machines coming onto market from all over the world why there hasn’t been any entry into laser raster film photoplotters that can produce fine detail solid ink black circuit art transparencies yet? I really don’t want to tape lesser transparencies together that would defeat the fine detail trace ability I want to have. Has anyone made one of these or is there a tear down video that might show how one could be built?
crazy music PCB but fun and perfect !
I'm interested in that circuit he played in the video. Does anyone has it or know its name?
I would actually use this machine so much more often than I would ever touch a 3D printer (although I would need enclosures for all of the projects this would help me create; still I must prioritize!)
For any current owners, can you comment on its ability to engrave on materials such as plexiglass and metals? It'd be nice if the software wasn't Mac only but I think I can still make a sell to getting one of these for our hobbyist group since it seems amazingly versatile.
This guy looks like a MAD robot.
He is the coolest!
I think this guys native environment is a punk show. Can't fool me with that suit.
Love the Asimov look!
Yes my childhood hero colin mah boi.
I need one of these
I need one of these!
That mini mill machine looks quite versatile! Can that create patterns in soft, thin plate aluminum? Not for PCB use but designs? Thank you
that is awesome, what type is your milling machine?
Was I out this long? 5 months I could've seen this!
coolest guy ever!
This guy is awesome. Still waiting for him to say “Mr. Anderson”
so my brushless quadcopter motors be ok on 12mm bars? standard arduino motor set up for the machine? I think thats what most of us are here for.
Does he try to be funny or is it just something that comes naturally lol.
JR Lenard ?? What do you mean ?? (hehe)
Duplicat LOL
yo uso proteus, la maquina me parece buena, aunque el area de trabajo es muy pequeña, observe que no hace agujeros a las pistas , solo raspa y luego corta ?
Glad you eventually mixed the background music down in later videos... -100db is about perfect... :)
100dB is very loud. 50dB is better for background.
that guy should be an actor
Where can I get a DVD box set of every Collin's Lab episode ever made?!?!
Yesssss. My favorite.
great tool
the alton brown of electronics
How does the board work? If all the board is copper? Is it because the milled parts have a lower resistance?
please tell me what is this device which you make in this video ???
You should look into Voronoi toolpaths, there is a java app called visolate which will generate them, they are much faster for mechanical etching.
If you ignore the bad music caused by my indiscretion in background music you can see a run I did a few years back.
is this guy in character? or does it come naturally?
This is constrained to surface mounts?
So it's a normal Turnigy outrunner RC plane motor and 3 step motors that's controlling everything?
Yo have avideo of the electronic project did yo make for the demostration?
I like this guys face
hello sir, can you please share the PCB schematic of touch sensitive piano??
I don't find Intro music from sound cloud...
I freaking love cat pins!
yes!!
Cool
Ha ha, love the ending!
Sir What you have built on PCB Board Can you please tell And Send Its Schematic to me
Is there any software, that makes PCB with single copper-free line between nets? There are many designers which make PCB with nets formed with individual border that need to be engraved along their perimeters. But it takes a long time and wearing mill.
Nice presentation.. by the by i like that cat pin thing😜😜
this guy is a hoot and a half..
:D more collin!
Omg you are amazing
hum hum hum Credits! :)
xoxoxo this man is very good man.
Other!ill is so small and soooo expensive StepCraft can mill pubs but also gives a massive surface for other work and costs half of the OtherMill
Para Adafruit Industries adónde comprar esa clase de maquina
Is software for this machine usable on other machines?
taoorus i mean this changing of bits midwork
haha Collin is such a funny goon
But what about dust that you get in the end, if you use it regularly at home for example? What if it gets in the air in large amount? I mean, is it safe?
Glass fiber dust, especially the really fine one, is actually pretty bad stuff. It can give you something called silicosis (not from rare exposures though; it's more of a workplace hazard). The whole milling machine seems to be encased while working, so you should be fine if you just vacuum it afterwards.
I don't know if the bearings inside are that lucky though. The glass fiber dust can kill them pretty fast if they aren't built to keep the fine dust out.
It has a glass pane that can be removed. During operation it is placed back so the dust doesn't escape. Afterwards you can just vacuum the dust. Look at the beginning of the video, he removes the pane but it's rather quick.
Eyes open! You see the acrylic pane, you see him vacuuming. Look up from your games and Twitter feeds!
How would you join 2 layers of copper on the same via? I am really burning my brain out trying to figure out...
God damnit! the cat pins made me laugh out loud!
what kind of metals can this cuts
Best video ending ever... "Hmm hmm hmm hmm-mm-mm-mm CREDITS."
Cammonn Collin! You should made a week video and not one video every 6 months
Can someone explain how this works. Wouldn't the entire board be conductive?
DotCD nope, there's just a thin layer of copper on the top, the rest is non-conductive underneath. The mill machine is carving away the copper to leave traces for the circuit to follow.
how much does a machine like this cost? And what kind of a machine is it exactly?
Marciukasb some where around some thing 600 dollars. it is aCNC mill. it useful if planing build several broads, since you can do something else as it milling.
Why someone dislike your video?
It's all fun and games until you see the ridiculous price of the machine.
You don't have to buy that exact machine... Be smart and look around for similar, most likely cheaper, but still useable machines on Ebay or Amazon. There are dirt cheap chinese cnc-machines for about 180$ on Ebay. The one in the link has a laser for engraving as well. These are good enough for making circuit boards.
www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-CNC-1610-500mw-laser-CNC-engraving-machine-Pcb-Milling-wood-router-/222513260008?hash=item33ced2e5e8:g:U6YAAOSwSlBYy6BF
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