JD No, I was just referring to the chuck & spindle moving up & down. Is that not refferred to as the quill? I'm trying to think thru away that I can set up to drill the block in the piano but have the same power to push the bit thru as doing it on the stationery press. A friend of mine got me to thinking in terms of how to get things done in five minutes " ( 5 minutes ..you're done) so I've been filtering all my shop procedures thru that idea. Trying to prevent time waste & frustration. As it turns out most things can't be done in 5 minutes but it makes one think about factory type efficiency, how to avoid repeat set ups & dedicating tools to a specific task. ie. I'm sure Rons drill press set up is dedicated. He picks it up,sets it on the drill plank, hooks up the air, boom he's done. Dale .as you are pushing the quill down do you find that it wants to >lift the drill press off the plank floor?... Dale, I notice your use of the word 'quill' and wonder if you used it deliberately in its proper sense to indicate that you use a quill bit (or 'spoon bit') to drill wrestplanks. The traditional way of drilling bridges and planks is indeed to use a quill bit with a bow stock. For bridges this is fine, but I've never tried it for wrestplanks. Many years ago I bought a set of quill bits from Renner's, but I think they were designed more for cleaning out existing drillings than for boring new planks. The antique quill bits I collected a while ago would do the job well and I used to use them quite often for general woodwork. I always intended to build myself a proper bow-stock for plank drilling and this thread has reminded me of this long-forgotten intention. There's time yet! JD ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070528/8c73df89/attachment.html
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