--- On Mon, 29/12/08, Matthew Mucker <
matthew@...> wrote:
> I now need to look at drilling my boards. Does anyone have any
> recommendations on what drill bit sizes I should get for general
> through-hole work?
I use 0.8mm for IC sockets, resistor and capacitor leads, and small
transistor leads. For larger pins like power transistors, voltage
regulators and the square pins of DIL header connectors, I use
1.0mm. It might be useful, for some types of leads, to have a
slightly larger drill available, maybe 1.2mm. And as others
have said, go for the tungsten carbide drills, as they are hard
enough to use on fibreglass PCBs. I use the type with a 3mm shank,
and I use them in a collet-type chuck in a mini drill.
--
John Honniball