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>From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]
>On Behalf Of Nate Duehr
>Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:49 AM
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: [PICLIST] RE [OT:] Vacuum cleaner static?


>I hope at least you're wearing eye protection during these flurries of
>Dremel-tool fun.  Since you're mentioning your parents, I'm assuming
>you're a young person

Yep - High school, going to GA Tech in the Fall. Any YellowJackets out
there?

>-- and hearing about young people going to
>emergency rooms with bits of PCB or plastic project box shavings in
>their eyes is not something we who've seen such unfortunate accidents
>relish much.  WEAR EYE PROTECTION.

I hear ya - I use cut-off wheels a lot, and when one of those things blows
up in your face, the shards go flying everywhere. I always wear my
handy-dandy safety glasses.

>Measure and THEN cut.  ;-)

What an interesting concept :OD
Point taken, though. Up till now, it's been shave and fit, so all the
electronics get coated in gunk.

Now that I've moved to making my own PCB's, however, I'm drawing everything
in TurboCAD or Eagle before I build it to fit all the parts and determine
which boxes to buy. Because I already have all the holes and connectors
drawn up, I've found it exceedingly easy to just burn off a copy of my CAD
layout, paste it to the enclosure, and drill away. I've only done this once
or twice, but it sure has been a time-saver so far. Definitely the way to
go...

TTYL

- Robert

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