sako243
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I've had fun searching high and low and not had much success so thought why not ask here.
I'm on the hunt for a bench top manual drill for drilling circuit boards. My father has one that he sourced in the stated some 40 years ago and I need something similar (forget CNC that's on the cards but this requirement is still here).
The main requirements are
- Deep throat (needs to reach middle of A4 sheet)
- High speed (talking 20-30k minimum)
- Collet based (biggest drill is usually 1.3mm)
- Minimal throw (the drill pictured only requires me to push down about 10-20mm for the full depth, probably about a 1:1 ratio if not greater).
Oh and must be rigid - the speeds these drills need to spin at that's a must.
I'm not particularly interested in building or adapting one because simply it's time I don't have. All the stuff I can find for drilling PCBs is dremel based / more like a drill press and that's exactly what I don't want.
Budget - well it's critical piece of equipment so I'd say there isn't one. Whilst happy to pay a couple of k, more than that will make me question it and probably want a demo first.
I'm on the hunt for a bench top manual drill for drilling circuit boards. My father has one that he sourced in the stated some 40 years ago and I need something similar (forget CNC that's on the cards but this requirement is still here).
The main requirements are
- Deep throat (needs to reach middle of A4 sheet)
- High speed (talking 20-30k minimum)
- Collet based (biggest drill is usually 1.3mm)
- Minimal throw (the drill pictured only requires me to push down about 10-20mm for the full depth, probably about a 1:1 ratio if not greater).
Oh and must be rigid - the speeds these drills need to spin at that's a must.
I'm not particularly interested in building or adapting one because simply it's time I don't have. All the stuff I can find for drilling PCBs is dremel based / more like a drill press and that's exactly what I don't want.
Budget - well it's critical piece of equipment so I'd say there isn't one. Whilst happy to pay a couple of k, more than that will make me question it and probably want a demo first.