Any have experience with Proxxon tools?

RDL2004 · 4th December 2004, 07:40 PM

I was researching drills for pcb construction and came across this company's equipment. They don't appear to be very commonly available (at least in the US). Can anyone comment or recommend from experience? They are a bit more expensive than most, but I don't mind paying for better quality. They also have a nifty milling machine.

Proxxon

Thanks for any info or comments.

Nisbeth · 4th December 2004, 09:50 PM

I have quite a few of their tools (dremel-type tool with drill press and router head, standard drills press, vice etc.) and most of it is very good quality and feels that way too. Their minitools are sort of the european version of Dremel (but better imho). What is it you are looking at in particular?

/U.

RDL2004 · 5th December 2004, 05:03 PM

I was mainly looking at their little drill press. I would like to be able to drill a line of hole in a pcb, like for an ic, and have them be in a straight line

drill press

Though their small milling maching is very tempting.

milling machine

Nisbeth · 6th December 2004, 09:58 AM

I have only tried that very briefly a couple of times, but it feels very solid and the accuracy is pretty good. One that would probably annoy me a bit is that the max. speed is only 8,500 rpm which imho is a little low for small drills such a 0.6 or 0.8 mm. I don't think you'll be disappointed with the quality in any way though (the small vice that comes with it is an exception. It's not really useful for anything). The mill is probably mainly intended for machining very small mechanical parts. I imagine drilling pcb's with it would be quite tiresome because you have to lower the bit using the rotating handle which is quite a bit slower than on the drill press. Just out of curiosity, what is the price for the drill press in the US?

/U.

RDL2004 · 7th December 2004, 07:51 PM

About $170 (US) for the drill alone.

eeka chu · 10th December 2004, 06:27 AM

I remember getting something like a Proxxon for Christmas when I was 8. I think it ran D cells. I could stop the face sander with my finger.

There's desktop, then there's Proxxon.

4th December 2004, 07:40 PM	#1
RDL2004 diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	Any have experience with Proxxon tools? I was researching drills for pcb construction and came across this company's equipment. They don't appear to be very commonly available (at least in the US). Can anyone comment or recommend from experience? They are a bit more expensive than most, but I don't mind paying for better quality. They also have a nifty milling machine. Proxxon Thanks for any info or comments.

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4th December 2004, 09:50 PM	#2
Nisbeth diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Denmark	I have quite a few of their tools (dremel-type tool with drill press and router head, standard drills press, vice etc.) and most of it is very good quality and feels that way too. Their minitools are sort of the european version of Dremel (but better imho). What is it you are looking at in particular? /U.

5th December 2004, 05:03 PM	#3
RDL2004 diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	I was mainly looking at their little drill press. I would like to be able to drill a line of hole in a pcb, like for an ic, and have them be in a straight line drill press Though their small milling maching is very tempting. milling machine

6th December 2004, 09:58 AM	#4
Nisbeth diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Denmark	I have only tried that very briefly a couple of times, but it feels very solid and the accuracy is pretty good. One that would probably annoy me a bit is that the max. speed is only 8,500 rpm which imho is a little low for small drills such a 0.6 or 0.8 mm. I don't think you'll be disappointed with the quality in any way though (the small vice that comes with it is an exception. It's not really useful for anything). The mill is probably mainly intended for machining very small mechanical parts. I imagine drilling pcb's with it would be quite tiresome because you have to lower the bit using the rotating handle which is quite a bit slower than on the drill press. Just out of curiosity, what is the price for the drill press in the US? /U.

7th December 2004, 07:51 PM	#5
RDL2004 diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	About $170 (US) for the drill alone.

10th December 2004, 06:27 AM	#6
eeka chu diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: England	I remember getting something like a Proxxon for Christmas when I was 8. I think it ran D cells. I could stop the face sander with my finger. There's desktop, then there's Proxxon.

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