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So I was thinking how I wanted to progress my hobby PCB prototyping. I'm in a 1st world country and can afford to have ying in the mainland send me cheap PCBs, but where's the fun in that.
I've bought a 3018 CNC for milling, and screenprinting materials for the soldermask + silkscreen.

>Here's my thought process:
1. Design in CAD (I like altium)
2. Test design
3. Output design
a. PCB traces layer
b. Soldermask layer
c. Silkmask layer
4. Convert layers to gcode
5. Mill out PCB board
6. Mill or dragknife cutout the soldermask layer in laminate plastic
7. Mill or dragknife cutout the silkmask layer in laminate plastic
8. Screenprint UV resin using soldermask stencil
9. Screenprint white paint using silkmask stencil

I can't see anywhere where a hobbyist is going to this level of autism other than backwater PCB houses in third world countries. I figure if I get the pipeline right, it'll be trivial to get decent quality PCBs within the hour.

Anyone have thoughts on this?

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