Homebrew PCBs

> 
> Harbor Freight has an assortment of 50 bits for $10.  Has anybody 
> bought this one?  Are the sizes useful?
> 
> 

I've bought these in the past. They're handy for around the garage and
ok for general machining but I wouldn't recommend them for PCB's.
They're only HSS and not necessarily really small. I get by on the 2
sizes from Jameco myself (every thing is either #75 or #59, if the
components don't like it, tough bounce ;-) ). Actually I try to avoid
drilling as much as possible as it's the most time consuming and
tedious. I use as much SMD as possible and no fancy equipment either.
I tin the whole board after etching (flux it and flow solder over it
with an iron or heat gun) and then hand solder each part. It's not
that bad really (and beats drilling in my opinion). I'm left with just
a few holes for connectors and some feed-thru's here and there. I did
check out the drill bit city link and they look good but I like having
fewer sizes and lots of each on hand so I still prefer Jameco's.

Phil