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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] setting the rings on carbide drills

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2005-06-11

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:21:58 +0200, <JanRwl@...> wrote:

> Stefan:
> I am curious WHY you want to "adjust" these plastic rings, as they are
> used
> in professional PCB drilling ONLY to support the bit in a magazine for
> the
> automatic bit-insertion step in CNC operations using more than one size
> bit,
> AND, as a place to print the diameter of the bit. That is, the precise
> vertical location of the ring is not used as any "depth reference"; nor
> would that
> "stay", anyway!


I will use the rings as a precise depth reference ;-)))

No, seriously, i want to make bit changing easier. it is a pain to adjust
the drill in a pivoting press to just drill through the PCB each time. I
will set the ring so it just sits against the collet and i don't need to
care for anything.

It will also be of help with the CNC drill later i suppose. I only need
like 0.5mm accuracy.


ST