<!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 6.00.2900.3354" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>That can be tough. I use my ShopSmith for that type of drilling task. You can do horizontal drilling with it. It allows you to clamp the leg (or whatever) securley to the table and then drill away. Maybe you know someone with a ShopSmith?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></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"><B>From:</B> <A title=nelsong@intune88.com href="mailto:nelsong@intune88.com">Gene Nelson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 15, 2008 11:19 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> modify legs for new casters</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been trying to modify three legs for new casters. It required that I cut the legs short by 1.2 inch to maintain hight(done). In addition it requires that I enlarge the existing  .86 inch hole to 2 1/8 inch at .25 inch deep.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In addition the existing .86 hole needs to be deeper by 1.5+ inch but it is oversize by about .085 inch.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have tried using my drill press and a forstner bit for the large shallow hole but could find no way to secure the leg enought to get it started.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did attach 1/8 birch plywood to the surfact to locate the center and attempt to get the big bit started but the ply keeps splitting. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Possibly my new bit from Harbor Freight needs to be better quality?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas would be helpful.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>