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Subject: Re: table could be usefull for pcb drilling:

From: "rmustakos" <rmustakos@...>
Date: 2007-04-21

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "docstein99" <docstein99@...> wrote:
>
> > I just found this at harbour freight:
> >
> > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94276
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> I've been to harbor freight and seen that up close. It looks like a
> fun little toy. Using it for drilling holes appears to be like
> overkill.
>
> Whats wrong with positioning it with your hand?
>
I don't know about _your_ hands, but with my hands I have to fight
shaking and poor vision. With this (and later cnc), I only have to
align one or two locations, and make sure the edge is parallel, and it
pretty much count turns on the crank to go to new whole locations.