Homebrew PCBs

On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:18:17 +0100, <JanRwl@...> wrote:

>
> Yeah, it IS amazing a firm that manufactures such a "popular  thing"  
> could do
> it so BADLY for years!  A "Dremel tool" is hardly good  enough for
> wood-carving!  If runout, etc. were not too bad for that use,  the  
> longevity of the
> device as-is from factory certainly is too short!  I  had one that  
> gave-out before
> "the pretty had rubbed off", and I needed such for  misc. shop stuff, so  
> I
> bought an "equivalent" from Sears.  Has lasted MUCH  longer, though has  
> a clumsy
> housing (the cylindrical simple shape can be adapted  to home-brew rigs  
> much
> more easily).


When you put in a grinding disc in the cheap tools, it will sometimes  
break just from the chatter of the runout.
No comparision in using the proxxon grinder and a cheap one. All the tools  
work just so much better when they cut all-round.

ST