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Re: Screw Driver to Drill Chuck Adaptor

2005-11-29 by idaho_huckleberry

Is that Jameco part number 26702CE?

http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/catalogs/c254/P255.pdf


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Ray Dinwiddie" 
<crdinwiddie@e...> wrote:
>
> Reading this series of posts begs my observations and solution to 
> drilling small lot PCBs. I found that the runout on Dremel and its 
> clones is too much for good carbide drill bit life. After trying 3 
> Dremels I found that all had runout of .010 to .015. Tryed multiple 
> collets with no improvement. The problem seemed to be that when the 
> unit is off and runout is measured it is near zero, but when turned 
> on the run out appears. With an 8 power loupe it can be seen at 
> startup. Never took the motors apart but I suspect that one or both 
> ends of the armature is rubber mounted as a shock absorber?. 
> 
> That being said, I found a cheap single speed drill motor at Jameco 
> that has runout of less that .005. It is single speed (20k) and 
$30. 
> It is 1 11/16" Dia. and 4" long straight sided cylinder, greatly 
> simplifing mounting in a small drill press. Also the collect shaft 
> is about 1 1/2" long to give good field of view at the drill point. 
> It is imported and I suspect it has sleave bearings and thus not a 
> very long accurate life, but I can live with that given the very 
low 
> runout.
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "pinoy_nyc@y..." 
> <pinoy_nyc@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, 
> >    
> >    
> >   I just bought the $39.00 craftsman universal drill stand, so I 
> can now start drilling PCBs. 
> http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?
> 
BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=TOOL&pid=00925923000&subcat=Drill+Doctor+
> %26+Drill+Attachments
> >    
> >   This stand has its own Drill Chuck.
> >   Then you can just mount almost any drill to drive the built in 
> chuck.
> >    
> >   I bought this stand since I thought I can use my power 
> screwdriver to drive
> >   the built in chuck, but I found out that the nose of the 
> screwdriver is hex,
> > which wont be able to driver the built in chuck, which has a 
round 
> connector,
> >   and assume you'll be connecting a drill chuck on top of it.
> >    
> >   is there some kind of an adaptor (from hex to round) so I can 
> use my power screwdriver to drive the built in chuck?...
> >    
> >   I hope you understand what I'm saying.
> >    
> >   Thanks.
> >    
> >    
> > 
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