Homebrew PCBs

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:01:01 +0100, John Hansford <kz1927@...> wrote:

> Hi Leon,
> I'd like to get a Proxxon for my personal machine. I'm trying
> to decide on a *generic* toolholder for our other machine. The
> Dremel seems to be most widely availabe 24/7. They've
> come up with so many variations on it that I honestly don't
> know what's the good one. John cleared that up for me.
> I have 4, but they're not as good as my old one was.
> I see good things on the Proxxon and before long, I'll have one.
> Thanks!
> John


It must be said that the bearings on the proxxon IB/E are too close  
together. This isn't ideal for side-loads. I expect the new "long throat"  
version would be much better, if they have put the bearings at either end  
(which i hope). A cheap tool construction with a long shaft going from the  
collets all through the motor may actually be better in that regard, but  
the dremel has too many other drawbacks to consider it over a proxxon, IMO.

But the IB/E is well worth the money, i liked it so much i got a smaller  
12V proxxon for the PCB drill so i could use the IB/E for other jobs  
without having to pull it from the mount.

ST