Manual / Dremel drill press. I do small boards 5x6 is the largest so
far, and no more then 9 IC's. And with these old eyes that will be it.
Thanks for the info.
Izzo
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Leslie Newell <lesnewell@...>
wrote:
>
> Did you drill by hand or CNC? If you are drilling by hand the
distortion
> isn't enough to notice. On, say a 40 pin DIL the error is small
enough
> to be mistaken for drilling errors. If you are drilling with CNC
the
> distortion becomes a problem. If the holes line up perfectly one
end of
> the board they may miss the pads entirely the other end of the
board.
>
> Les
>
> Ben wrote:
> > I have used Staples Basic Photo paper and I did not encounter any
> > problems of shrinkage/expanding. I did get some wavy lines, so
now I
> > only use straight down pressure. The only real problem with
Staples
> > paper is removing it from PCB, needs to soak and peeling off
those
> > layers is tricky. I would take me 30-45 minutes. The Hammermill
> > Office One Business Gloss is much easier to remove( 1 -2 minutes).
> > Izzo
> >
>