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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How I make my PCBs


> i have also seen a setup where the drill came from underneath.
> i have no idea how you cold see it with this unit.
> but it looked not very expensive.
>
> wait.. now i remember also a very heavy press as you described standing in
the pcb shop.
> but it was VERY old.
> it has had a round screen, it looked like some military target finding
equipment.
>
> (i remember it looked like one of the alien/robot monsters in the old
films with this "viewing screen"
> as head and the legs of the very solid stand.)
>
> i have never seen anybody using this monster. they all prefered small
white drill presses which more
> looked like microscopes, without eyepieces.

That sounds like it was the same thing. It's foot-operated, so both hands
are free to position the PCB. A clamping lever comes down before the drill
comes up, so the PCB is held securely. The magnification of the pad on the
screen is quite high (it looks about 10 cm across), so it is quite easy to
use, even if one doesn't have good eyesight.

Leon
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