List, hi! I have put Terry's pics up at http://webpages.charter.net/cimenti/overhead_drill_press/overhead_drill.html Terry, thanks for making the pictures available. Regards, /Claudia At 04:27 PM 7/11/2002 Thursday, Claudia Cimenti wrote: >David, Terry, > >It would be great to see pictures of the various setups. > >I have some space left on an internet site where I could post pictures if >you send them to me. I would send the link to the list. > >Regards, >/Claudia > >At 03:53 PM 7/8/2002 Monday, Kdivad@AOL.COM wrote: >>In a message dated Mon, 8 Jul 2002 11:01:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, >>ptuner@optonline.net writes: >> >> > >> > >> > Hi All, >> > >> > Can anyone recommend a currently available brand/type of drill press >> > suitable for drilling pinblocks in the piano. The ones I've been seeing >> > around here don't seem like they are adaptable enough to do >> > the job. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Matt >> >>Matt, I like to drill my pinblocks in the piano, I set a dedicated and >>siliconed pinblock plank across the piano. A table top Delta drill press >>that has been modofied by shortening the support tube and reinserting it >>into the base which is turned 180 degrees to face backword. I mount the >>base on a 3/4 inch piece of plywood slightly larger then base to allow >>for 4 large lag bolts with heads polished to be threaded through one at >>each corner of the plywood. I thread the lags through so I can adjust >>the angle I want to drill my pinblock (raising the back of the drill >>base) and I polish the heads to facilitate sliding across the siliconed >>pin block blank. 15 inch drill bits are required to reach the block and >>the only thing you need to be careful of is drilling too fast and >>actually raising the front of the drill press with the pressure, but then >>again I like to drill at a reasonable speed anyway. >>I countersink the block slightly with a hand drill through the plate with >>a bit that just fits the plate hole to ensure centering with my pin bit >>and away I go. I also cool my bit with compressed air. >>This system is portable, accurate, easy to use and cheap. >> >>David Koelzer >>DFW ----- Claudia Cimenti Northborough, Massachusetts claudia_cimenti@mail.com -----
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