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Subject: Re: drilling the holes?

From: "lcdpublishing" <lcdpublishing@...>
Date: 2005-10-20

This has been working for me. I have a drill press - any type will
do fine. I buy carbide drill bits from Harbor Freight tools - about
$20.00 for a box of 50 random sizes. There is a reseller on E-Bay
selling random sized boxes as well.

This next part I do this way, but keep in mind I have many years
experience running machinery. I put a piece of wood (any flat wood
is fine, MDF, Particle board etc.) on the drill press table. I then
start drilling holes in the circuit board. The wood provides
backing so I can drill through, and it helps to prevent the PCB from
climbing up the flutes of the drill bit (not a lot, but does help).

I have only done a dozen PCBs, so I am a newbie, but not a newbie at
drilling holes :-)

Chris









--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "prashantfordwivedi"
<prashantfordwivedi@y...> wrote:
>
> hi to all group members can u suggest me any simple & cheap method
> for drilling my home made pcb's
>