<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3086" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>Or, you could go up. Like up to your ceiling. My ceiling track mounted drill press was a bit of a project to build, but it sure does work nice. It will travel in the X direction as far as you want to make your track long - mine travels about 12 feet - Y direction travel is about a foot, 360 degree swivel, and more than enough tilt (mine will tilt about 15 degrees). As long as your mount to the ceiling is strong, you can make the unit as heavy as you dare so that it won't rise up if you are trying to jam a dull drill bit into hard wood (but then, why would you do that anyway?). If I really try to turn my feed handle hard/fast, yes I can make my unit lift off the track a bit - but in practice it never happens. The overhead drill is also great for drilling vertical hitch pins in the plate at very exacting and consistent angles.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A couple pictures of it below. If you or anyone else is interested in any further info, email me privately.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:00b501c7a130$819b01b0$0302a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:00b601c7a130$819b01b0$0302a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"> </DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>   <STRONG><EM>JD</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  No, I was just referring to the chuck & spindle moving up & down.  Is that not refferred to as the quill? </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  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.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  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.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>