Existing MADE members have access to hourly equipment reservations.
RESERVE EQUIPMENTThe Othermill Pro is a desktop CNC mill designed to quickly and easily prototype PCB boards, or printed circuit boards. It can also cut wood, plastic, wax, and even some metals using a variety of end mills and drill bits that can mill to the precision of 25th of a micron.
To get started using equipment at MADE, sign up for training here!
Yes, the Othermill is designed to mill PCB to quickly and easily prototype boards.
We recommend members provide their own cutting tools. The Othermill has an ER-11 collet and accepts tools with a ⅛” shank. Tools can be purchased from https://www.bantamtools.com/collections/end-mills-and-bits.
Bantam ToolsThe Othermill has its own proprietary software, which can be downloaded for free from www.bantamtools.com. Bantam Tools Desktop Milling Machine Software is easy to use, and supports the following formats: Eagle BRD (.brd), Gerber (.gtl and .grb), G-Code (.nc, .tap, .gcode), SVG (.svg), and Bantam Plan Files (.btm). To design PCBs, you can use Autodesk EAGLE, Altium, KiCad, or Gerber. To design 3D components, you can use CAD programs like SolidWorks, Inventor, Fusion 360, or VCarve.