Homebrew PCBs

I just got some from <drillbitsunlimited.com>. The have all kinds of 
do-it-yourself assortments and also have router bits. They came 
nicely packaged in great little storage cases. I usually buy ones 
with collars so I don't have to guess the sizes. Prices were excellent, too!

Mark


At 10:12 AM 11/23/2012, you wrote:
>On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:52:26 -0000, you wrote:
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> >Far circuits sells carbide tipped PCB drills with large (1/8?) 
> shanks, but they're way too expensive from them.  I'm looking for 
> cheap ones, but not unusably cheap Chinese ones.  Something like 
> Enco house brand quality (no, I didn't check Enco).  What do people 
> who do this a lot buy?
>
>Harbor Freight has an assortment, resharpened, of about 20 for roughly
>six dollars.  That's both on line and in the stores if they still
>carry it.  Now if you go online to HF, they (at one time) had a larger
>assortment for only a few dollars more.  Bear in mind that you will be
>getting a good number of unusable drills (because of size) if you try
>this approach.  On the other hand, you may find this useful.
>
>the 1/8 inch size is an industry standard.  I'd recommend something
>other than a dremel, since the runout on a dremel is worse than that
>on a Proxxon.  The 12 volt version of a proxxon will work, but I like
>the 120 volt better.
>
>Harvey
>
> >
> >   Alan
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