Re: PCB Drill



What sort of price does a PCB cost for making a board?

Can you give an example?

WiseOne

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:20:30 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hondgm@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I've been drilling PCBs for years with a regular handheld electric
drill and non-carbide bits. I've had surprisingly good results and
broke very few bits. But holding that drill does get old after about
100 holes.

I'm looking for an alternative solution to this. A drill press at
www.micromark.com looks decent for 150-200 USD. How about a Dremel?
This seems like an ideal solution, but I've been reading a lot about
the Dremel drill press stands that aren't precise enough (too much
wobble for carbide bits). Ebay has a lot of super-cheap small drill
presses, but the price makes me think they're junk.

What does everyone do, besides pay a PCB house?


Pay a PCB house :-)

Anyhow, I'd just check out a Drill-Press stand at Lowe's or HD. You
could even buy it, try it out and return if not satisfied. Provided you
didn't scratch it or anything like that.

My dream some day would be one of those micro lathes. Well, got to have
dreams.

If you need really good tools for precision jobs ask a jeweler. They
know what works.

.



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