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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: VERY FIRST PCB -- SUCCES SFUL!!!

From: "=?utf-8?B?UGllcnMgR29vZGhldw==?=" <piers@...>
Date: 2011-10-18

My "tolerance" is just inside the copper circle somewhere. Once the tip's resting against the fr4, I can drag it more precisely.

PG

Sent from my phone, anything lewd or incomprehensible is probably autocorrect and not my fault.

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From: "James Newton" <jamesmichaelnewton@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: VERY FIRST PCB -- SUCCESSFUL!!!
Date: Wed, Oct 19, 2011 2:42 am


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Piers Goodhew" <piers@...> wrote:
>
> I bought 20 .8mm drill bits on eBay for something insane like $3. You have to wait the three weeks of course. Having drilled my first few boards with a cordless handyman-type drill, the 20+ year old dremel I now use is luxury. I rest the tip against the hole (lit from behind) then drag it to the centre then push.
> Works far better than I ever thought you could do by hand.
>
> PG


I'm curious about your statement "then drag it to the centre"... Isn't the hole already in the centre?



> Sent from my phone, anything lewd or incomprehensible is probably autocorrect and not my fault.
>

LOL...

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James.



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