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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] dental handpieces for copper clad drilling

2013-02-05 by r.d. terramir

I use a dremel or (in future I'll be using a mill with an er11 1/8 piece)
to do my pcb drilling the dremel way is the royal pita, this is why I'm
building the mill also will be trying my hand at isolation milling after I
finished my mill
However when I use my dremel I usually use the flex shaft attachment
because it's easier to drill with that.
terramir

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Jeff Heiss <jeff.heiss@...> wrote:

> Dental handpieces (aka dental drills) would be a great way to run small
> drills for the #60 - #80 range.  They run at 350,000 RPM, are available on
> Ebay, and cost $16.  The issue to solve is they take 1/16" bits and the
> shanks of our micro drills are 1/8".  I have not been able to think of a
> way
> to make an adapter. Has anyone used a dental handpiece for drilling before?
> Are there any types of handpieces that use 1/8" bits?
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