Plate Bushings

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@jagat.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: September 07, 2000 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: Plate Bushings


> >
> > I could even send a drawing of the jig that I use on my drill press and
> > on the bandsaw and would be glad to do so if that is what you want.
> >
> Thank you John I would love to see the basic idea.  I do
> have a bandsaw and a drill press.  The drill press was the
> first power tool I bought.  It is a Sears Crapsman and I
> have lived to long regret that purchase . . . .

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Newton,

Well, that that's not an indication of long life.  What did it take?  A day
or two after you got it set up and used it for the first time?

I can sympathize since I made the same mistake years ago though I've long
since gotten rid of the thing.  I even repeated my mistake, though, and
later bought a Crapsman belt sander.  It was 'on sale' and seemed like such
a good deal.  How could I go wrong?

Now, I don't use a belt sander much, but once in a while they are useful.
So, after using the thing a couple of times the switch gave out.  About two
weeks out of warranty, naturally.  Try as I might, I couldn't figure out how
to get the thing apart to get at that switch.  When I was told that the only
way to 'fix' the switch was to send the sander in for a 'complete rebuild'
at a cost of only $5.00 more than I had paid for the bloody thing, I trashed
it and vowed to never buy another Crapsman anything ever again.  That was
about 25 years ago and I've never regretted that decision.

Regards,

Del