Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Philip Pemberton <philpem@d...>
wrote:
> In message <op.sunvmoczmg0lsf@tu-x2pj5qeyp2u4>
>           "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
> 
> > Why not make your own pivoting drill press?
> > pretty precise, and free or almost free, depending on the stuff
you have  
> > sitting around.
> 
> I would if I knew how to do it... I've got a pair of dead Laserjet
IIIs lying
> around (full of mechanical bits) and the guts of an old scanner, not to
> mention the old drill stand (=crap) and the various offcuts of FR4,
wood and
> aluminium sheet.
> 
> The problem is working out how to put it together to make a drill press
> that'll take the Dremel...

I have been using a dremel with keyless chuck hand held for a while
now with high speed steel bits, have just mounted it on a $10aus drill
press. Bought a nut that screws on the nose of the dremel machined the
outside to fit the clamp of drill press and hey presto drill bit comes
down square to board now. I'm slowly getting gear together to build
cnc driller will use dremel in it for a while but probably make a
spindle with good bearings.
Philip 
> 
> Later.
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