HI Norman, Thanks for those details. I guess there is still the question (at least in my mind, not having tried it) as to how quickly and precisely a button can be tightened in the vice, compared to pressing it against the let off rail with hammer pliers. Just to complete the picture in my mind's eye, one hand is turning the quill of the drill press, and I guess the other hand is lowering the quill steadily using the lever? This is one of those instances where being there and seeing someone doing something is much better than description. And, bottom line, you find the buttons are all very nicely square after install? Or do you need to tidy up a bit on some? Fred On Aug 24, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Norman Cantrell wrote: > Usually I employ the use of a drill press vice which can be clamped > to the drill press table. By locating the button even with the > front edge of the jaws I can duplicate the placement of successive > buttons as the press quill is always in the same location. To make > things easier I will cut a small scrap of wood to elevate the button > to a point even with the top of the vice jaws. This scrap will need > to be slightly narrower than the width of the button so it provides > support from underneath but allows the the jaws to be free to apply > the holding pressure. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100824/38164b86/attachment-0001.htm>
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