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Hello Group

I have a quick question about precision drilling of home made PCBs.

Because of poor eyesight, I use a CCD microscope next to my Dremel
Model 300 drill press stand. Although this set up is a big improvement
over doing thing solely 'by eye', there is a parallax error introduced
between the location of the retracted drill tip and where it eventually comes in contact with the PCB. Once I saw a milling machine where one
was able to sight straight down into a bulls eye. Is there a way to
rig mirrors to do this?

P.S. Sincle sided boards are no problem, as I can hold them up to
strong light and position a hand held rotary tool with good enough
accuracy.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Cheers

Chris