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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] JAMECO "Etch Your Own Circuit Board" email

From: Harvey White <madyn@...>
Date: 2010-03-20

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:53:10 -0400, you wrote:

>Thanks David.
>
>Anyone else using a Proxxon Micromot 28606 drill stand? What model
>rotary tool do you have?

I use the D54518 rotary tool, that's the IB/E one, 117 volts, 20K RPM.

The stand I use is cobbled together from a drill stand (may well have
been proxxon but with parts removed, and a base for the dremel tool.

Harvey

>
>Does that combo work well for drilling PCB's?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Steve
>
>David Griffith wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Steve wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Dremel attachments are poorly designed and have a lot of slop. A better
>>>> solution appears to be the Proxxon Micromot line of tools. They're made
>>>> of metal and don't cost much more than Dremels. They have attachments to
>>>> do everything that Dremel attachments do and more.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>> I agree with your assessment of the Dremel tools, that's why I was
>>> inquiring of the group about the JAMECO unit.
>>>
>>> I see the Proxxon Micromot 28606 drill stand. Is that the one to which
>>> you refer?
>>>
>>
>> That's the one.
>>
>>
>>> Proxxon has several rotary tools, which have you had success with?
>>>
>>
>> I haven't actually purchased any Proxxon tools yet. I'm waiting until
>> after a move and some other things are taken care of first.
>>
>>
>>