[sdiy] tinning home etched boards?

[Dan Snazelle]

ok

i keep hearing from people that the dremel with drill press is not very good for pcb work due to how often it doesnt stay straight,etc. which sucks as THAT IS THE ENTIRE reason i bought it.
when i think about how much i spent on the tool, the bits, AND the drill press attachment, it makes me quite angry.

DRILL PRESS here we come.

anybody want to buy a NICE dremel? ;)



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> From: lists at studionebula.com
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] tinning home etched boards?
> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:28:31 -0600
>
>
>> i think the size of the traces are great. and the pads WOULD
>> be great if it werent for the fact the drill bit often goes a
>> bit to one side or the other. this damn drel drill press is a
>> hunk of junk in regards to drilling perfectly straight.
>
> Now that I think about it further, I recall that the problem I had when I
> tried to use my Dremel in a drill press attachment to drill PCBs is that the
> Dremel itself did not center the bit correctly. The tip of the bit moved in
> a tiny circle rather than just rotating around its center. This made
> drilling holes nearly impossible because the bit tended to wander around.
> Once I figured that out I switched to using a real drill press. It was sort
> of surprising that a $100 Chinese-made Delta benchtop press drilled more
> precisely than a Dremel supposedly built for small, precise work, but it was
> the case.
>
> --Adam
>
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