Homebrew PCBs

Hey again,

I've gotten more and more interested in throwing together a tiny press 
for the boards. I looked at some shock innards on howstuffworks and 
asked someone, but it looks like the part I was interested in isn't 
the "snug slide" part that I would want. I did however, maybe come up 
with a solution which won't be that difficult here, involving some 
fiberglass. I'm getting more interested in something extra small and 
portable that I can keep for a while, but MOST importantly, something 
that looks cool. ;)

Back to the question- Which of you have heard or used a cheap roto-
tool that was noticeably "quiet". I may get one for permanent drill 
duty. We've got the HomeDepot's and Lowes here as well as Walmart, 
Sears, etc., then there's always eBay and the net.

Also, if I can scrounge up the parts, I may go ahead and start soon 
(without the roto). What would be a safe guess on housing diameter for 
the carriage? I've got the fancy looking new one here with the gray 
rubber grip sleeves. It measures 1.85 inches diameter in the "barely 
adequate" straight cylindrical section. That area is only about 1.25" 
long and there's about 3.25" from the end of that to the end of the 
chuck. There's also that little tapered "finger" section right at the 
nose where the arbor sticks out, if that's a common clamp point. I 
guess all the clamping should be as close to the nose as possible. 
Since it really just gets adjusted and clamped in once, a generic jaw 
shape might suffice, like a "V" with stepped notches to handle 
different shapes or sizes.

Are there any tricks, etc. to getting the whole crap aligned 
perpendicular to the table? I thought about maybe a rod or something 
in the chuck which was temporarily stuck into the table right at the 
drilling point.  -???

George

PS- I just cranked my Dremel to full throttle for the heck of it. Good 
lord that thing's obnoxious!