At 09:38 PM 4/26/03 -0500, Picdude wrote: >BTW, I use HF (Harbor Freight) carbide drill bits (20-pc assortment = $5), >and >a HF drill press. I tried the Dremel drill-press first and found it too >wobbly for any real work. The really old-style Dremel drill press works very well - this is the one where the table moves up and down as opposed to the drill motor moving up and down. There is almost zero side-to-side movement and the 'feel' is excellent - you can tell exactly how well (or not) the drill bit is cutting. Before we got an automated drill setup working, that is how we used to drill all our prototype boards. We would usually get about 10,000 holes before a carbide bit would fatigue and break off in a hole. (fatigue was due to the tiny run-out in that sleeve bushed drill motor from Metal Removal Corp - just barely measurable but there.) > My HF drill press is VERY quiet, and they had it >on sale for half-price.... $40. Quieter than a Dremel, lower-cost than the >Dremel-w/drill-press-attachment and much sturdier. Just for the heck of it - why not jury-rig a holder such that you can clamp the Dremel tool to the quill of the HF drill press and use that to drill some holes. You might be surprised . . . Again, though, do check the Dremel for run-out first. Many of the modern ball-bearing Dremel tools have incredibly bad run-out. dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 19 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2003) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics