Freehand Drilling of IC Socket Holes

[rgsparber]

Drilling a line of tiny holes in a circuit board that will accept an IC socket is demanding. Here is a tool that may help.

If you are interested, please, click here


Your comments are welcome. All of us are smarter than any one of us.


Thanks,

Rick

[nova_robotics]

Good idea Rick!

[rgsparber]

These drills are tiny and brittle. Any side force breaks them off. A metal drill guide is therefore trouble. The soft plastic of this guide is harmless.

Rick

[mklotz]

These drills are tiny and brittle. Any side force breaks them off. A metal drill guide is therefore trouble. The soft plastic of this guide is harmless.

Rick

I can testify to that, Rick. Back in the day I made a steel drill guide for the same purpose and it worked really well if the objective was to break drills. I finally gave up on the idea of hand drilling and used my Unimat, running at the warp speed needed for those drills. A dial indicator on the carriage allowed me to space the holes accurately.

[Jon]

Thanks rgsparber! We've added your PCB Line Drilling Fixture to our Drilling and Drill Presses category,
as well as to your builder page: rgsparber's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

PCB Line Drilling Fixture by rgsparber

tags: PCB, drilling, fixture