<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><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> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>.as you are pushing the quill down do you find that it wants to <BR>>lift the drill press off the plank floor?...<BR><BR><BR>Dale, I notice your use of the word 'quill' and wonder if you used it <BR>deliberately in its proper sense to indicate that you use a quill bit <BR>(or 'spoon bit') to drill wrestplanks.  The traditional way of <BR>drilling bridges and planks is indeed to use a quill bit with a bow <BR>stock.  For bridges this is fine, but I've never tried it for <BR>wrestplanks.  Many years ago I bought a set of quill bits from <BR>Renner's, but I think they were designed more for cleaning out <BR>existing drillings than for boring new planks.  The antique quill <BR>bits I collected a while ago would do the job well and I used to use <BR>them quite often for general woodwork.  I always intended to build <BR>myself a proper bow-stock for plank drilling and this thread has <BR>reminded me of this long-forgotten intention.  There's time yet!<BR><BR>JD<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>