Homebrew PCBs

Pardon the dumb question, but what is a pivoting press?

It sounds like a hinge type of carrier instead of vertical movement.  
(?)

Sounds scary. I have enough trouble with double sided stuff not lining 
up top to bottom. 

I still think that with extra thick wooden standoffs on more than one 
"large enough" pipe, or more than one at the top and bottom of the 
drilling unit, plus a "centered" upward pull, it shouldn't have enough 
play to screw up most previously etched holes. I do have a fair amount 
of wood tools here, so it may be more of a bitch without them. The 
only critical parts are really the two holes that the pipes ride 
through, and they would be done with a 1" holesaw or something anyway. 
The rest would only have to be screw eyes and junk, and the shapes 
could be whatever's easiest. I think with a piloted straight cutter in 
a router, I could clone and mass-cut a few standoffs without much 
hassle. If you did three of the standoff triangles glued together, 
you'd have a full 2.25" of support along the pipes. It doesn't seem 
like it could move around that much, but this is for sort of "pre-
piloted" holes.

Again this is "paper theory" and most of us know how that often goes 
after it hits earth. ;)  If I can control my compulsive buying habits 
for a bit and don't end up with Dremel press, I may try a simple pine 
one, to see how it performs. I've got Christmas presents to build, so 
if it looks like too much time, it's out.

                              -Take Care
George

                                   -George