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Subject: light ring conversion for miniature drill press

From: "H. Carl Ott" <hcarlott@...>
Date: 2010-05-23

I was starting to have some problems getting good alignment when
drilling the smaller holes/pads on some of my home brew pcbs. (larger
pads (>40mils) etched as an annulus are not really an issue)
Figured better illumination might help.

This was such a cheap & simple mod, and since it worked out so
well... I thought I'd share a couple of pics.

http://picasaweb.google.com/hcarlott/DrillPressLEDHaloMod

Cheap led ring from DX and some double stick tape.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25513 (they have different
sizes ranging from 60 to 90mm).


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carl
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Henry Carl Ott N2RVQ hcarlott@...