Hello, New pictures available at: http://webpages.charter.net/cimenti/overhead_drill_press/overhead_drill_carl.html These are courtesy of Carl Meyer. Regards, /Claudia At 08:05 PM 7/11/2002 Thursday, you wrote: >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 >----- ----- Claudia Cimenti Northborough, Massachusetts claudia_cimenti@mail.com -----
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