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Re: 1 hour drill press

2005-12-13 by soffee83

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Horne" <chris@s...> 
wrote:
> If I was building with a big motor, i would make the pcb move up and 
> down rather than the motor..

No, I don't think I would dare do anything small with these monsters. 
They do have an assortment of pulley/drive wheels here, so I guess 
they could be geared up faster and maybe the motor could wall mount or 
something behind the drill with a belt, but I have no idea how to get 
a chuck mounted on a spindle. That's getting way too complicated for 
what I need. A cheap second Dremel or generic wouldn't even be bad 
just to keep mounted in the harness. I've got that handle/cable thing 
with mine too, but I've never tried to use it.

What would anyone guess does have a "quiet" motor for something like 
this? I think even my Dremel sounds like a swarm of bees on the higher 
settings. It seems risky on motor wear running for the duration of 
longer PCB drilling too. Those big motors here are about as quiet as 
my press (good).

BTW- Are any of the generic Dremel-press rigs that the home stores are 
currently carrying comparable to the legendary older ones. 

                                -George

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