Homebrew PCBs

Manual / Dremel drill press. I do small boards 5x6 is the largest so 
far, and no more then 9 IC's. And with these old eyes that will be it.
Thanks for the info.
Izzo

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Leslie Newell <lesnewell@...> 
wrote:
>
> Did you drill by hand or CNC? If you are drilling by hand the 
distortion 
> isn't enough to notice. On, say a 40 pin DIL the error is small 
enough 
> to be mistaken for drilling errors. If you are drilling with CNC 
the 
> distortion becomes a problem. If the holes line up perfectly one 
end of 
> the board they may miss the pads entirely the other end of the 
board.
> 
> Les
> 
> Ben wrote:
> > I have used Staples Basic Photo paper and I did not encounter any 
> > problems of shrinkage/expanding. I did get some wavy lines, so 
now I 
> > only use straight down pressure. The only real problem with 
Staples 
> > paper is removing it from PCB, needs to soak and peeling off 
those 
> > layers is tricky. I would take me 30-45 minutes. The Hammermill 
> > Office One Business Gloss is much easier to remove( 1 -2 minutes).
> > Izzo
> >
>