Freehand Drilling of IC Socket Holes

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.

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


Thanks,

Rick

Good idea Rick!

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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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.

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:

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