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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Has any tried to tilt the boards?

From: JanRwl@...
Date: 2002-05-27

In a message dated 26-May-02 20:26:46 Central Daylight Time,
dwayner@... writes:


> those real inexpensive air power
> die grinders sold by Harbor Freight?

Dwayne: Those have a ΒΌ" collet, so you would have to "DO something" for
PCB-drills, and I don't know what kind of bearings those things have. MIGHT
be OK, at least for a few hundred holes, but no clue. HOWEVER, I use those
as "disposable" when malfunctioning tools to "de-bur" and countersink wood
(for FH screws), and they EAT air at a rate with which a 2 hp compressor can
hardly keep up! They also kinda REQUIRE oily air, or, at least oil put into
their own intakes from time to time, to keep them properly lubed, and the
resulting oil-mist-spray is NOT good news for a clean and dry
to-be-chemically-treated PC-blank!!!!! But good thinking, anyway!


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