Homebrew PCBs

In a message dated 4/23/2005 2:48:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
email.me@... writes:

And  changing the subject away from Toner Transfer!!! ;-) ]

1). Cutting  boards
Does anyone know of a suitable mini saw table/inverted router type  setup to 
accurately cut PCBs to size?<<
There are small "table saws" with 5 or 5½" blades available.  Not much  good, 
but would do for PCB work, but ONLY if you use a carbide-tipped  blade.  The 
more teeth the better.  

I know  Dremel do a few add-ons for their hand held drills, but are they any  
good?<<
Simple, accurate answer:  NO.

Is there  any other kind of hobby/craft mini-saw table that could do a nice 
job of  cutting PCBs?<<
And cutting of FR-4 with a NON-carbide blade (i.e., plain HSS) won't do  more 
than one little board before it's "gone" and needs resharpening.  I  have 
used a disk-sander to "clean up" a board with nuppered edges or  slightly-large 
dims.

2).  Drilling
I can't really see any other way than a Dremel by  hand...<<
Then you obviously haven't SEEN much!  You will NEVER drill PCB holes  with 
proper solid-carbide PCB drills with a Dremel.  Even with their "drill  press 
stand" thing, there's little chance!  
 
You MUST use a proper and accurate drill-press.  If you can find one  of the 
little versions at HF (better:  Enco, though not much!) with no  runout (15% 
chance?) that may do if you can hold the board steady on the  table.  


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