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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Advice on choosing the correct drill / stand for PCB dril...

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2005-11-03

On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:18:17 +0100, <JanRwl@...> wrote:

>
> Yeah, it IS amazing a firm that manufactures such a "popular thing"
> could do
> it so BADLY for years! A "Dremel tool" is hardly good enough for
> wood-carving! If runout, etc. were not too bad for that use, the
> longevity of the
> device as-is from factory certainly is too short! I had one that
> gave-out before
> "the pretty had rubbed off", and I needed such for misc. shop stuff, so
> I
> bought an "equivalent" from Sears. Has lasted MUCH longer, though has
> a clumsy
> housing (the cylindrical simple shape can be adapted to home-brew rigs
> much
> more easily).


When you put in a grinding disc in the cheap tools, it will sometimes
break just from the chatter of the runout.
No comparision in using the proxxon grinder and a cheap one. All the tools
work just so much better when they cut all-round.

ST