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Jon,
<br> I also use the shopsmith as my drill press and I've
had no trouble with the vertical planbe. the table does tilt you know.
I build my own jig using the Brooks jig as a pattern. I overcame the flexing
in the head piece by putting one on both ends. It works as well as I need
it to. If I ever get time with nothing to do (ya right) I'll redo it to
eliminate some of the things that aren't as smooth as I'd like it.
<p>Greg Newell
<p>Jon Page wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font size=+0>My drill press happens to be part of
the Shopsmith system.</font>
<br><font size=+0>I clamp Wally's jig to the rip fence and incremental
adjustments to</font>
<br><font size=+0>hammer blow can be done with a slight turn of the crank
to move the table.</font>
<br><font size=+0>Lacking a means to easily alter the 'vertical' plane
of the platform I can see</font>
<br><font size=+0>where the RennerUSA jig is better suited.</font>
<p><font size=+0>Jon Page</font>
<p><font size=+0>At 08:09 PM 12/17/2000 -0200, you wrote:</font>
<blockquote type=cite cite><font size=+0>Hi, Ron,</font>
<p><font size=+0>> I built my own</font>
<p><font size=+0>I remember you mentioning it before; what with your previously
sweated</font>
<br><font size=+0>upon bridge caps and monster meatsaw, you are one cool
recyclin' dude!</font>
<p><font size=+0>If I build one it will be similar to the Renner tool.
The reason I've</font>
<br><font size=+0>opted not to use the Brooks jig is I follow a procedure
similar to what</font>
<br><font size=+0>Newton posted - measuring string heights, center pin
heights, etc.,</font>
<br><font size=+0>blasting them through a spreadsheet template, and found
repeated</font>
<br><font size=+0>incremental adjustments were slower than just freehanding
the rig to a</font>
<br><font size=+0>mark punched on each molding. The new vise is hefty enough
to stay put,</font>
<br><font size=+0>faster and more repeatable to load, if not so easy to
lift. The angle</font>
<br><font size=+0>markings are much worse than Brooks' (mine's, uh, second
hand - I always</font>
<br><font size=+0>used a protractor anyhow), but soon to be replaced with
a vernier scale.</font>
<br><font size=+0>Cheap (I think shipping was free), ugly, but fairly versatile
once</font>
<br><font size=+0>"tuned up". I saw an orange Honda motorcycle that looked
just like a</font>
<br><font size=+0>Puch minus pedals, now that was sexy.</font>
<br>
<p><font size=+0>Clark</font></blockquote>
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<p>--
<br>Greg Newell
<br>Greg's Piano Forté
<br><A HREF="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A>
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