Drill Press Laser Pointer
What happens when you add a $40 Laser and $10 helping hands to a drill press?
After having to drill a bunch of circuit boards, i came to the conclusions that there had to be a better way to perform target practice. So i ordered a laser pointer and dug out an old broken set of helping hands. The helping hands were really helping this time.
The Laser point was a bit too big and bright for what i was trying to do, so i cut the housing, mended it with epoxy and reconnected it with a resistor. The end of the helping hands connect to the clip that was on the laser pen. The tie strap that sticks out is left slightly loose and is used to depress the switch by turning it a bit. The tie straps around it are pulled tight and are there to keep the switching strap in place.
Here's another angle showing the clip a little better.
Before drilling, the pointer needs to be aimed at where the drill bit will come down. It needs to be calibrated so to speak.
And ACTION!
Now it is possible to quickly drill out circuit boards.
