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On 09/06/2013 08:29, John wrote:
> Steve, the price is plus £200 delivery. They don't mention collection.
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> John G3UGY
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>> Hi guys,
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> Anyone tried one for PCB work. It seems incredibly inexpensive...
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>> Regards, Steve
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Hi again Steve

I have now had a closer look at this and can see the X and Z steppers
appear to be shown but are not mentioned in the contents list so
please ignore my comments re incompleteness , however, they appear to
be small framed steppers so might be OK for drilling and pcb work but
not much more demanding engraving/routing.

Regards, Keith