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Chapter 1 / Tools, Test Equipment, and Materials
Work bench vise.

them with other tools. It is dangerous to try drilling metal pieces FIGURE 1.3
that are not clamped in a vise.

You will need an electric drill during the mechanical construction
phase of building the robots and the fabrication of the printed cir-
cuit boards. You will be required to drill approximately 150 holes
during the process of creating each robot in the book. An electric
hand drill, like the one shown in Figure 1.4, can be used.

If you plan to build robots as a hobby, then a small drill press, like
the one shown in Figure 1.5, would be a great idea. Using a drill
press is highly recommended when drilling holes in printed circuit
boards, where accuracy and straightness are important. These
small drill presses don’t cost much more than a good electric hand
drill. I added an adjustable X-Y vise to the drill press in my work-

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