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From: "adam Seychell" <adam_seychell@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 8:27 AM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Pivoting drill press


> Hi
>
> I've taken some pictures of my new PCB drilling machine, and
> made them available online at
> http://home.alphalink.com.au/~seychell/drill_MkII.html
>
> Hope the pictures don't take too long to load.
>
> The machine has virtually come straight from the workshop
> and I've yet to use it for PCB production. When I start
> using it I'll find all the problems and most probably will
> be making alterations. One feature I'm thinking of adding is
> laser diode pointer for guiding the hole location on the
> PCB. I've never fiddled around with visible laser diodes.
> Does anyone know if those cheapy red laser diode modules be
> any good for this ?

You don't get a nice round spot with them.

Leon
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