Homebrew PCBs

Carl,
Another easy and cheap solution is to mount a laser pointer showing where the bit will hit the PCB.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "H. Carl Ott" <hcarlott@...> wrote:
>
> I was starting to have some problems getting good alignment when
> drilling the smaller holes/pads on some of my home brew pcbs. (larger
> pads (>40mils) etched as an annulus are not really an issue)
>  Figured better illumination might help.
> 
>  This was such a cheap & simple mod, and since it worked out so
> well... I thought I'd share a couple of pics.
> 
>  http://picasaweb.google.com/hcarlott/DrillPressLEDHaloMod
> 
>  Cheap led ring from DX and some double stick tape.
> http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25513  (they have different
> sizes ranging from 60 to 90mm).
> 
> 
> -- 
> carl
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> Henry Carl Ott   N2RVQ    hcarlott@...
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