PinBlock Drill Press

[Carl W. Meyer]

yes you can get drill bits 6 inches long and even 12 inches.  A good
industrial supply house should have them.  Metric give a wider choice of
sizes.

Carl Meyer


> [Original Message]
> From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 9/23/00 5:04:24 AM
> Subject: PinBlock Drill Press
>
> For you rebuilder types:
> 
> I am going to plug a square grand pinblock while the pinblock is in the
> piano. I need to modify an 8" drill press (mounted/riding on a board
clamped
> to the piano rim) to do the job (please don't tell me to do it by hand - I
> have first hand experience with my steady hand in precision drilling
> situations). The pinblock top is 3-3/4" below the rim (about the same for
> any grand). My press has a 2" throw. With a pinblock drill bit in the
chuck,
> the bottom of the drill bit (tip) is about 17" above the pinblock (my 2"
> travel doesn't quite reach ;-). If I cut the vertical pipe support of the
> drill press as much as possible (so that the drill press body rests
directly
> upon the base flange) I will lower it about 15". That still leaves the
drill
> bit tip 2" from the pinblock. At best I can nick the pinblock top and wish
> it would go further.
> 
> I know this is a popular approach to this task. How has anyone else
modified
> a drill press to reach down that far? Or are the incremental drill bit
sizes
> available in 6" (or there abouts) lengths?
> 
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
> 



--- Carl W. Meyer, Santa Clara, Ca.
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