[sdiy] drilling pcb boards...sore throat

[David G. Dixon]

Cutting pcbs with a Dremel tool is dirty and difficult.  If you can find a
friend with a shearing machine (every machine shop has one) then this is a
much nicer way to do it.    Clean the edge up with a small file, and you're
done.

Concerning drilling, I recently drilled several hundred holes in pcbs on a
drill press with #62 and #71 drill bits, and the very tiny quantities of
dust this generated stayed on or under the board.  I can't see that this
presents any sort of hazard whatsoever.

Dave

David G. Dixon
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