thanks jonathan.
this encourages me that my new drill press would work.
it is mainly built of old needle printer linear rails.
i use a small dc motor as drill, it came from a dremel like tool (smaller, less powerful, dc).
i was very worried about the quill problem Jan Rowland wrote..
please tell me what minimum diameter you drill with your dremel and how often they break off.
regards
stefan
19.05.2003 07:24:50, "Jonathan W" <
n0ym@...> wrote:
>--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan
><stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
>
>> have all of you professional pcb drill presses or how do you drill
>your boards?
>> (maybe homebuilt ones and a picture of them???)
>>
>> regrinding drill bits (for pcb) should be possible with a small
>diamond wheel?
>> is this true / is this possible & good for one who can regrind a
>normal drill bit so that it works
>> again? i have no idea where to get a diamond grinding wheel, has
>anyone ideas?
>>
>> regards
>> stefan
>
>I use a dremel tool on a dremel drill press stand with used carbide
>drill bits (available at most hamfests, as well as All Electronics:
>
>http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?
>category=search&item=DRB-9&type=store
>
>This works extremely well for me.
>
>Jonathan
>
>