[Amps] Cal Lab

[Will Matney]

Jim,

Yes, that's a brace. I don't mean to use an auger bit though. If you mount the PC board where it dont move around, you can use a brace and small bit to drill holes if your not close to an electric drill. It's just the old name for some hand drills is a brace. They made two types, one that is straight and handheld (probably like Rich's), or a hand drill, and the brace itself which I guess got the name from putting your weight against the end. Both will work, the hand drill is probably a little quicker as it's geared up in speed. That's what was used before these fancy electric hand drills came along. If you wanted precision drilling before that, you had to use an old cast iron drill press that ran off a belt to a steam engine, or was hand driven. Anyhow, either will do in a pinch is your not where you have a power tool handy.

Best,

Will

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On 4/24/06 at 8:22 AM Jim Forsyth wrote:

>A brace and bit would be a very odd tool to use on a PCB I wonder if you 
>really mean that. A regular hand drill would be more appropriate.
>
>Here is what a brace and bit look like 
>http://www.k12.nf.ca/fatima/grassroots/brace.htm
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>It's not an old name, they still make them and they are still called that. 
>See here:
>http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php?cPath=269_451
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>http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=pd_sl_ov_tops-1_tools_10475104_1/002-7707467-9260825?search-alias=tools&keywords=bit%20brace
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Will Matney" <craxd1 at verizon.net>
>To: <amps at contesting.com>
>Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 8:11 AM
>Subject: Re: [Amps] Cal Lab
>
>
>Those little hand drills are also good for PC boards when constructing any 
>AMP project. I still have my dads I use. I was brought up calling them by 
>their old name of brace and bit, the brace being the hand drill. For any
>who 
>read this post, I did get a quote on the aforementioned tools that was 
>spoken of. I would be glad to foward it to any interested with the 
>distributors address. I don't want to get in trouble for talking about a 
>taboo subject on here.
>
>Best,
>
>Will
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>On 4/24/06 at 4:30 AM R; Measures wrote:
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>>On Apr 23, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
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>>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>>>
>>> At 05:44 PM 4/23/2006, Administrator wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is *NOT* the "test and measurement forum."  Please confine the
>>>> topics here to amplifier related issues.  Calibration standards, old
>>>> test equipment and hand tools do not belong here ...
>>>>
>>>> Those who continue to push the limits will be unsubscribed without
>>>> further warning.
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>>> I am really getting tired of this administrator's censorship.
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>>Is there another amplifier discussion group like this one that does not
>>have a censor?
>>>
>>> OF COURSE calibration standards belong here, as do test equipment and
>>> hand tools! How can you build amplifiers without them?
>>
>>When hand tools become obsolete, so am I.   Yes, I still own a
>>1940-model Stanley® hand crank drill with a hollow wooden handle that
>>holds smaller size drill bits.  It works FB every time when the battery
>>craps out on my electric drill.
>>>
>>> Any more of this censorship and I will unsubscribe immediately, and I
>>> hope others will too.
>>>
>>> There is always rec.amateur.radio.homebrew on Usenet and the
>>> rfamplifiers group on Yahoo.
>>>
>>> Administrator, mend your ways!
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>>> Bill, W6WRT
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