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After many years in the machining business my take on drill presses is this. Buy a 150 dollar one from sears and fix it up..
When you get it indicate the table in so that everything is square when drilled.
The next tip I got from Tommy McNabb while teaching folder making last month at the NRA school. Buy a cheap indicator with a mag base.
Take the drill press stop off and attach a scrap of metal that sticks out from the bolt that use to work as the stop. Put your indicator on it metal and you have a instant dial depth gauge. What a big difference this will make while counter boring holes and drilling for ball detents ect.
I think a dial indicator and cheap mag base can be had for about 50 bucks. Youll save fifty bucks in scrap parts in a month:]/
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[This message has been edited by Darrel Ralph (edited 02 November 1999).]
When you get it indicate the table in so that everything is square when drilled.
The next tip I got from Tommy McNabb while teaching folder making last month at the NRA school. Buy a cheap indicator with a mag base.
Take the drill press stop off and attach a scrap of metal that sticks out from the bolt that use to work as the stop. Put your indicator on it metal and you have a instant dial depth gauge. What a big difference this will make while counter boring holes and drilling for ball detents ect.
I think a dial indicator and cheap mag base can be had for about 50 bucks. Youll save fifty bucks in scrap parts in a month:]/
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Web Site At www.infinet.com/~browzer/bldesmth.html
Take a look!!!
[This message has been edited by Darrel Ralph (edited 02 November 1999).]