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Prometheus Walkthrough

June 2019

© 2019

By Zippy Robotics, Inc

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Summary of Contents for Prometheus

Page 1: ...Prometheus Manual Walkthrough June 2019 2019 By Zippy Robotics Inc...

Page 2: ...ral oil squeeze bottle without oil 7 1x Double sided tape 8 1x Bit clamp with bearing 9 1x Brush 10 1x Plastic sacrificial layer 11 3x Copper clad boards FR 4 1 oz copper 12 1x Alligator clip wire Not...

Page 3: ...omputer Aided Manufacturing software Visit www zippyrobotics com download to download it You will see a text document in the downloaded folder also Follow the instructions in that document to install...

Page 4: ...ersed in the oil This tends to keep all of the dust and copper in the oil and out of the air You should use the vacuum for the drilling and edge routing operations Keep hair and loose clothing away fr...

Page 5: ...t to keep sending commands if all you did was cycle power to Prometheus The Prometheus PCB Milling Machine Fig 2 Prometheus Z axis lead screw 1 spindle motor 2 motor plate plunger 3 motor plate 4 mill...

Page 6: ...indle housing 3 bit clamp 4 We designed our spindle and bits to work together to provide you with fantastic specs at an affordable price However the trade off made with this design is that only our bi...

Page 7: ...the bit clamp into the spindle video To do so push the motor swivel plate to the left to ensure the pin is down and holding the swivel plate away from the spindle block Find the hole at the bottom of...

Page 8: ...tip It is how Prometheus knows where the tool tip is along the Z axis Keep it clean and ensure that tape or other objects do not cover it during operation The other use of the brass bar is as a clamp...

Page 9: ...ill not position the bit exactly over 1 s crosshairs but it will save you time for the next step 5 Use the Move Tool X Y section of buttons to move the bit in X left right and in Y away towards you di...

Page 10: ...ation window You will not have to repeat this unless you move Prometheus to another computer It might make sense to record the X and Y values for each of the 3 points so if you have to enter this in a...

Page 11: ...t we give them that name because they are specifically designed to cut all the way through the copper clad laminate and cut out the border of your PCB Our end mills are used to cut away the copper lay...

Page 12: ...ick Continue to go to the preview screen For these sample files we ll choose 005 15 deg end mills for both top and bottom 3 Secure the sacrificial layer onto the milling table We recommend at least 4...

Page 13: ...y is this important Because otherwise the board will move away from the milling bit when it tries to mill and it may not cut deep enough The surface tracking feature can probe the peaks and valleys of...

Page 14: ...at when you export your files that they are aligned and all the PCB artwork is in the positive quadrant of the X Y axes GerbView showing the top layer Gerber of the footprint test file The X and Y axe...

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