little OT : drilling pcb's

[Batz Goodfortune]

Y-ellow Keith 'n' y'all.
	
At 11:30 AM 12/05/99 +0000, Keith Winstanley wrote:

>We use fine drills at work a lot, mainly for stone setting and they are
always 
>breaking and get blunt very quickly, especially with platinum. I use them
for 
>drilling my boards to and notice that they blunt very quickly in
fiberglass. If 
>you have a good eye they are very quickly and easily sharpened on a fine
oil stone -
>
>(or arkansas stone). I can make one drill last ages this way and although it 
>sounds impossible you soon get an eye for it.

I've got a good eye for anything small. Threading needles, hand soldering
SMDs. I'm short sighted. I can see anything up close in detail without a
magnifying glass. But I still can't sharpen those bloody drills! I managed
it once but it was more shear ass than skill.

Perhaps we need a drill sharpening tutorial???? Hint Hint...

Be absolutely icebox.

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