On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 22:23:52 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>After years of messing around with my dremel I think its about time i got a
>proper drill press for PCB work. The Dremel drill stand is badly designed
>in my opinion. It does not hold the drill firmly enough and it flexes. So
>accuracy is not good enough. I was looking at getting a jewellers press but
>the only one i can get is by Proxon. The maximum speed is 8000rpm. Does
>anyone have any experience with these? Or know of an alternative in the UK?
>The Proxxon, with the chuck and bench vice is going to cost me ower £200
>which I don't mind paying if it will last.
I have the proxxon drill, both versions, mains and 12 volt. While the
12 volt one is a trifle underpowered, it works well enough on a
moderately long session of board drilling and both of the have
acceptable runout for carbide drills (I use down to about #70 or so).
I've seen reviews on the Proxxon stand (www.amazon.com), and a number
of them are not favorable. It's about 70 USD here. The reviews seem
to indicate poor quality until the owner goes through and fixes up the
platform.
8000 RPM is about standard, the bench drill is rather expensive,
although the proxxon would be fine for runout.
If you could find a unimat lathe (not the unimat one, which is mostly
plastic), for all I know it might be available for somewhat less, and
would have a decent runout as well. With the right belt
configuration, it'll do 15000 RPM (I think, I'd have to check on that
one).
Not 30K RPM, nor 20K RPM, but it has other nice uses.
I'm considering reworking part of an air ram for a drill press, just
the guides and so on, might just work.
Harvey
>
>I was looking for a second hand one on Ebay when i found this
>http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PCB-S-DRILLING-MILLING-MACHINE-CNC-ROUTER-ENGRAVER-m8-/170683348142
>
>Anyone tried one for PCB work. It seems incredibly inexpensive...
>
>Regards, Steve
>
>
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