Odd pin block

[William R. Monroe]

Hi Ron,

Is there any hollow on the bottom of the drill press rig?  Or is it just a 
flat piece of pinblock scrap sitting on a flat piece of plywood?

How would you rate ease of locating the rig?  It seems like it might be a 
little cumbersome, moving that big rig for each hole, and getting it aligned 
perfectly.  I'm guessing it's not, or you wouldn't be using it, but could 
you elaborate a little?  Does the air not make the rig "loose" but just 
enough float to move around with a fair amount of frictions still?

If I were a cat, I'd have been dead years ago.

William R. Monroe





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: Odd pin block


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>
>> Ron,
>> is it possible to send us a picture of your drilling set up?
>
> This is it. A radial drill press on a compressed air floated
> platform. Squeeze the air valve, and the the thing moves with
> very little effort to position the drill. Release the valve,
> and it sits solidly on the plank for drilling. Like most of my
> jigs and shop made tooling, it's ugly but effective.
>
> Ron N
>