Homebrew PCBs

--- On Mon, 29/12/08, Matthew Mucker <matthew@...> wrote:
> I now need to look at drilling my boards.  Does anyone have any
> recommendations on what drill bit sizes I should get for general
> through-hole work?

I use 0.8mm for IC sockets, resistor and capacitor leads, and small
transistor leads.  For larger pins like power transistors, voltage
regulators and the square pins of DIL header connectors, I use
1.0mm.  It might be useful, for some types of leads, to have a
slightly larger drill available, maybe 1.2mm.  And as others
have said, go for the tungsten carbide drills, as they are hard
enough to use on fibreglass PCBs.  I use the type with a 3mm shank,
and I use them in a collet-type chuck in a mini drill.

-- 
John Honniball