Basics of printed circuit board milling machines
One PCB mill in the budget-priced category is the Prometheus from Zippy Robotics Inc. in Northport, N.Y. The $3,000 machine has a spindle that runs at 50,000 rpm and has a runout smaller than 2.5 microns. It lists a precision of 0.15625 mils (4 microns) in X and Y, and just 1.25 microns in Z.