Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "mr_gees100_peas" 
<geovar13@h...> wrote:
> 
>     Hi I've ben reading this group for a while and I feel confident 
> enough to make my firt PCB. I decided to use the PnP transfer paper 
> and iron it on. Right now I manage to transfer my design to a 
copper 
> bard fairly well. The thing is that I see all those holes and they 
> are so smal. I hear some people drill the holes after they etch 
> becase they can use the hole as a guide. Well, I tried driling a 
few 
> holes in a practice pice of copper board nd I keep missing the 
mark. 
> The board an't een etch yet but I wondering if I should drill the 
> holes fist that way I can add more resist in case I screw up.
> 
>    My second question is about sharpie pen. When I was transfering 
my 
> desing a few pads and trces did not transfer properly. I took a 
> sharpie pen and fille in the missing gap. Will the sharpie resist 
> ferric cloride or will it fail?

Wait a minute. Most of you guys are saying that I should drill by 
hand instead of by using the press. I thought that what the press was 
for to get more accurate drills if that is the correct word. Can you 
guys elaborate on why hand drilling is better?