Homebrew PCBs

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:40:17 +0200, Philip Pemberton  
<philpem@...> wrote:

>
> That was my thought - wreck the handpiece instead of the tool. Then  
> again,
> the MultiPro 285 and the 225 flexible driveshaft are about the same  
> price as
> far as I can tell.

I got my flexible shaft as a off brand accessory for a small table saw  
that wasn't sold for years i assume. The box had this yellowish look and  
really old print on it. Was only about 10eur with a lot of accessories.

> I still need to sort out a drill stand and it's a toss-up between the  
> Dremel
> 220 Workstation (which looks a bit crap to me, anyone used one?) and the
> Wolfcraft 8407 (aka 3407, 3407000, B3407). Unless anyone happens to know  
> of
> another reasonably good sub-\ufffd35 drill stand that's easily available in  
> the UK
> and pretty well made (i.e. doesn't vibrate like mad when the drill is  
> running
> at the full 33kRPM).



Why not make your own pivoting drill press?
pretty precise, and free or almost free, depending on the stuff you have  
sitting around.

ST