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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] JAMECO "Etch Your Own Circuit Board" email

2010-03-18 by Harvey White

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:57:28 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Harvey White wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:58:10 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Steve wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't recall having seen this mini-drill/drill press discussed here
>>>> and wonder if anyone has experience with this combination? How does it
>>>> compare to the Dremel drill press? The JAMECO website says "This Mini
>>>> Drill is excellent for drilling through circuit boards and protoboards."
>>>
>>> Dremel attachments are poorly designed and have a lot of slop.  A better
>>> solution appears to be the Proxxon Micromot line of tools.  They're made
>>> of metal and don't cost much more than Dremels.  They have attachments to
>>> do everything that Dremel attachments do and more.
>>
>> I'll agree to this.  I've changed from dremel to Proxxon.  Less
>> runout, less noise, and better results when drilling holes (down to a
>> #78 for vias).
>
>What attachments have you tried?

I haven't, other than the standard drill collet.  This one is pretty
much dedicated to drilling PCB holes, although I can remove it easily.
It's also going to be part of a "through the bottom" PCB driller with
a TV camera one of these days.

Harvey

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