Homemade SMD Pick and Place Machine - complete cycle

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Cool homemade machine. This guy went very far.

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Pretty complete project write-up here : [url]https://www.vbesmens.de/en/pick-and-place.html[/url]

There’s also this one, for USD $3,000-$6,000 (depending on options) : [url]http://visionbot.net/[/url]

EDIT: The visionbot pricing is ‘estimated price’ and there is some text there about Kickstarter, so I guess this one isn’t quite available yet.

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I think this defeats the definition of homemade. It’s more professionally made.

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Doesn’t need to be all sticky-tape and bailing wire to be home made. This fellow is just a bit more “meticulous” than I think I could manage. I have a short attention span, but then again, maybe that’s how this project came about : Step 1: “I need a board made” Step 2: Spend three years building pick and place machine to assemble the board. Step 3: “What was I needed again?”

I bought a house from a fellow and he had a huge glass kiln in the barn/machine shop (24’ x 36’ heated barn, 9" slab, tri-phase wiring, big lathes and mills … I forget what the house was like). The glass was first melted using propane and then kept molten using two arc welding units. Molten glass conducts electricity, which was news to me, but the current kept it melted. The whole kiln was on a frame that could be tilted to pour the glass onto a steel cooling/forming table. It was a truly impressive build. He said he built it for his daughter, who was interested in making stained glass. I said “She must have made some pretty impressive works”. “Nah” he answered, “She lost interest before I finished the kiln”. Doooooh!

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@ mcalsyn - :open_mouth:

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It’s professionally made at home. :smiley:

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