2012-12-29 by Rick Sparber
Thanks for your help! Rick ... From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012
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2012-12-29 by David
... Goldmine Electronics has a fair assortment of bits. Look at http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/products.asp?dept=1273 for the sizes you want. Cheers,
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2012-12-29 by kabowers@NorthState.net
... It would be a bit of work, but you could post it on one of the binary newsgroups and someone here could pull it down and post it on youtube etc. Keith
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2012-12-29 by pauldebono@rocketmail.com
Hi, all, Wishing you all a holy, prosperous and lots of innovations for the New Year ! So far, I have seen Manhattan/Ugly style construction using a drill,
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2012-12-29 by tda7000
I think I misunderstood - I thought Youtube was blocking your video, but if I am correct now you are in China and can t access Youtube? Someone here must know
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2012-12-29 by Mitch Davis
... Coz that s blocked too.
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2012-12-29 by tda7000
KiCad is the best!
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2012-12-29 by tda7000
If youtube has issues with it why not just upload the video files to something like rapidshare and we can all download a copy instead?
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2012-12-28 by Rick Sparber
I would like to lay in a selection of high quality but used circuit board drill bits with 1/8 shanks. Where are good places to buy? Thanks, Rick [Non-text
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2012-12-28 by r.d. terramir
etching works albeit at times it takes, forever and a day (so to speak), my problem is more on the transfer side of things it s a royal pita. terramir ... --
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2012-12-28 by AlienRelics
Actually, the recipes using the stronger peroxide also require you to add distilled water. Brick cleaner HCl with 3% grocery store peroxide just doesn t need
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2012-12-28 by Mitch Davis
... Hello Terramir, Welcome to the group. When making PCBs at home, I use drafting paper and UV LEDs:
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2012-12-27 by terramir
Hi terramir here, I ve been doing etching with hcl (the safer stuff home depot) and hydrogen peroxide (sad to say only the 3% stuff from the grocery store. and
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2012-12-25 by Kevin Byrne
Thank you I have the chart. What about a quality Drill Press. Any recomdations? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2012-12-25 by Bob AD5VJ
Good chart http://bobmay.astronomy.net/misc/drillchart.htm Bob AD5VJ ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2012-12-25 by Kevin Byrne
Where can I obtain a drill bit chart showing all sizes so I can study this drill bit Question I have been following? www.jameco.com sells a good quality drill
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2012-12-25 by Jeff Heiss
200,000 RPM wow! Are the air turbines like a dentist drill? Jeff _____ From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
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2012-12-25 by Mitch Davis
... For what it s worth, there are two completely free and very usable, open source, cross-platform CAD packages, gEDA and KiCad. I have been happily using
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2012-12-25 by Mitch Davis
... Not uncommon for the drilling machines in the fabs to run at 200,000RPM. They are insane to watch. The drill heads pop up and down as fast as the needle
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2012-12-25 by Harvey White
... Unlike your problems with Eagle, I seem to be able to deal with it without undue stress. It s not a windows program, nor (perhaps) is it a Mac or a Linux
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2012-12-25 by Stefan Trethan
Try design spark or easy pc. ST
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2012-12-25 by Harvey White
... After I tried writing the program, I got Eagle and sooner or later upgraded to the hobbyist version, which does the 6*4 inch boards I need to do (display
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2012-12-25 by Randall M
I too think you ll find Eagle a much easier program to use and it is quick to learn. Has many wonderful user supported scripts and libraries and it s own
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2012-12-25 by Harvey White
... Generally, from about #50 on down, I use at least 20000 RPM, and would use 30 from #60 on down, if I had something that did it. For #50 to about #40 I d
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2012-12-25 by Harvey White
... I once used corel draw, ended up switching to eagle after trying to write my own PCB program. Less work to have other people do the job. Harvey
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2012-12-24 by Bob AD5VJ
Seller on eBay is jtg1969 he has many of the right sizes and will do custom sets as well Bob AD5VJ ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2012-12-24 by Bob AD5VJ
FOUND IT!! End time: Jan 12, 2013, 10:58:58 AM CST View item: 50 Piece Solid Carbide Drill Bit Set Dremel Jewelry D6 ... [Non-text portions of this message
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2012-12-24 by Jeff Heiss
Yes Drill Bit City. They have a 25 piece set with one drill each from #56 to #80 for $22.95. The drills are resharped tungsten carbide. Jeff _____ From:
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2012-12-24 by Bob AD5VJ
I like using my 395 Dremel rotary tool for drilling holes using the tungsten bits with the 1/8 shank. I have it all set up and its stable. However, I only
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2012-12-24 by Corey Minion
Now that makes me wonder, as there are recommend speed rates for cutting materials. I can drill acrylic plastics with a 1/4 drill and at very different rpm
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2012-12-24 by Corey Minion
Yeah, I thought about that. I can see that having a lot to do with the longevity.
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2012-12-24 by nps0
Just upgraded from TurboCAD 2 (DOS, but it sort of ran on Windows up through XP) to Turbocad 15. TC 2 had a nice set of board and schematic libraries - TC15
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2012-12-24 by jeremy youngs
also to note when producing boards one is usually using a high speed spindle and turning 15000 or more rpm ... -- jeremy youngs [Non-text portions of this
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2012-12-24 by cunningfellow
Any Aussies interested. The laminator that is shown modified by ultrakeet (Lowel 280 / Aldi LO280) is currently on sale at orifice works. Of course any
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2012-12-24 by AlienRelics
Widening a hole is asking a lot less than drilling a hole where none exists. Steve Greenfield AE7HD
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2012-12-23 by Mars Bonfire
As has been pointed out, it is the glass fiber content that does the damage. HSS drill bits get dull pretty quickly. As far as shearing boards, I wonder if
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2012-12-22 by smilingcat90254
Really should not be using HSS blades. Here is a link to information regarding FR4 PCB. http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/1903/8362/1/umi-umd-5671.pdf chapt 2.
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2012-12-22 by Corey Minion
Odd, I have drilled out hundreds if not thousands of undersized holes in boards (down to my last 25 boards after 3 years) It was my first pcb design and I
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2012-12-22 by jeremy youngs
because the glass reinforcement in the board is very hard ... -- jeremy youngs [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2012-12-22 by AlienRelics
Ask anyone who has tried to drill out a PCB using standard high speed steel drill bits, or tried to mill a PCB with a high speed steel engraving bit. If
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2012-12-22 by Corey Minion
Why would fiberglass dull blades any faster than yellow or red brass or any other metal for that matter? If you want to cut boards on a tablesaw, I would
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2012-12-21 by nordhs
The best things I have found for PCB cutting involve a shearing cut, rather than stock removal, like a blade. I was using my bandsaw and got great cuts
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2012-12-21 by AlienRelics
Wow! Very nice. You should add it to the database of Laminators: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/database Steve Greenfield AE7HD
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2012-12-21 by Mars Bonfire
I have the equivalent bench shear from Gizzly Tool...but in the 8 size (Grizzly didn t seem to carry the 12 anymore). Looks almost identical to the enco
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2012-12-21 by rolynd33
I recently bought this falambi laminator and wanted to share my experiences with this unit. This is directed more to the european crowd as I dont know if this
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2012-12-20 by joe M
and, no dust flying around. Watch out with those rotary cutters. FR4 dust does not seem to be good for the lungs. A pulmonologist said that they see a lot of
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2012-12-20 by Duane C. Johnson
Hi Rick; ... Check the part@ directly: http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INLMKD?SIITEM001=130-5700&SIQTY001=1&SICOUNT=1 On sale for $89us. ... Duane -- Home of the
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2012-12-20 by Rick Sparber
I see it at Enco for $129: http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?PMPAGE=577&PMCTLG=00 Nice tool. I ll have to see if I can make one. Thanks, Rick ... From:
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2012-12-20 by joe M
check this out: http://www.prc68.com/I/12InShear.shtml cuts pcb like butter. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2012-12-20 by Duane C. Johnson
Hi Rick; ... I added Rubberized Shelf Liner to the bed. I glued this stuff down with rubber cement. Much better than the hard slippery wood surface on the
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