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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Also got to thinking about milling through holes in PCBs?

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2005-12-09

Many board houses mill out the PCB outline with those.

ST

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:36:30 +0100, lcdpublishing
<lcdpublishing@...> wrote:

> I have buying those 50 piece bit sets from Harbor Frieght Tools - good
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> deal, you get a "blind" mix of drills and mills. All around a good
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> value to get some tools to get started.
>
>
> However, I am wondering why there are always so many milling type
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> cutters in these boxes. Is there a lot of milling (not isolation type
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> but through hole) done on PCBs? I have never really looked for it in
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> on PCBs I have seen, so I have no idea.
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>
> Chris