Actually it wasn't that sort of project I was interested in using an X Y vise for but for drilling square mortises and some jig making functions.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Drill presses > Hi Dale, > I have that vise and it didn't really help me for a similar project. I had > to drill a lot of shelf pin holes and found that it did not really help me > for that project. I made a drilling jig out of a scrap piece of oak. I > set a fence on the drill press table and then drilled a 1/4" hole every 1 > 1/2" along that board about 10" long. > I then clamped it to my shelf and with a hand drill used the jig to drill > the first few holes. I then used another drill bit as a locking pin. I > inverted it into the jig's top hole and into the last shelf drilled hole. > I > was then able to drill a few more holes. by moving the jig down I drilled > 2 > rows of holes on each of 2 4' shelf sides. > Lenny > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:32 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Drill presses > > > While on the subject, does anyone have a sliding X Y vise accessory for > their drill press? > > A couple of days ago I began drilling a sequence of holes for the bit > storage drawers of my router station. The quarter inch shank used three > rows > of 12 holes, so did the half inch shank but the middle row was offset by > three quarters of an inch to allow for larger diameter bits. > > The question became how do I efficiently align and drill these holes, six > trays of 36 holes each. > > In the end I clamped a stick as a stop on my little router table with a > quarter inch straight cutting bit just touching the stop and ripped a > stick > of three quarters inch fairly straight strapping in half then using my > trusty set-up blocks from Lee Valley made the first cut an inch and a half > along the edge pushing the stick into the bit with the miter gauge. The > second cut was easy using the 3 inch block from the end and after that I > continued using the 3 inch block to space from the far edge of each cut > skipping one so that I have now a stick with quarter inch cuts into it at > inch and a half centers. > > Because these cuts are only the depth of the thickness of the router bit > it > is fairly easy to center the stick on the work to be cut or to align it > along any distance from an edge and if I should need more than are on the > stick it is easy to register by slipping a bit or two into already drilled > holes and aligning the notches to continue. > > As I am making three of each type of tray I just placed three trays ganged > like a sandwich and shot two two inch nails into one end to keep them > together and aligned then located my jig stick and pinned it into place > then, at the drill press it was a fairly simple matter to just slide the > stack along until I felt the drill slide into the notch then drive it > through, retract it and slide it along until it settled into the next > groove > and repeat the 12 holes I needed. > > I pulled the stick off, relocated it the required distance to first one > edge > then later to the other edge and repeated the process until all 36 holes > were bored. > > I did a similar thing for the half inch holes except that I offset the > center row by measuring the stick in three quarters of an inch from the > end > on that row and again drilled with a quarter inch bit later going back > with > the larger 17/32nd bit. Although it took a while to cut the jig, once done > I > was able to go just about as fast as a sighted driller who would probably > have measured out the lines with a gauge then walked off the spacing with > a > pair of dividers. > > I am keeping the jig, seems to me that inch and a half spacing might come > in > handy again some day. > > I have used pegboard in the past as a template but centering the bit in > the > hole isn't quite so accurate and not very satisfying unless turning off > the > press between each hole. > > I do have a foot switch now connected to my press which is also very handy > when I don't forget and switch the thing off by hand. > > My next modification I am considering is to mount a slow speed reversible > motor to the crank lift mechanism for the table for easier and more > convenient table height adjustment. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:50 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Drill presses > > >> Hi All, >> As Dale mentioned there are two types bench tops and floor models. >> Because of limited space I created a drilling station. I have a Grizzly >> 12 >> speed bench top with a 3/4 hp motor. I purchased a Craftsman 5 drawer >> heavy >> cabinet. >> I mounted the drill press on this cabinet to create a work station. In >> the >> drawers I store all drilling accessories plus all of my measuring tools. >> In >> the bottom drawer I store many c clamps etc. >> It gave me much extra storage and all drilling items are at one >> convenient >> place. >> One thing with the multiple speed press is that you can do some unique >> things plus save your bits. >> I made a lamp out of a Yuengling Beer bottle using 175 rpm with a glass >> cutting bit. And a machinist friend told me that he normally does not >> use >> speeds greater than 350 rpm this helps to keep the bit from heating up >> and >> dulling. >> >> I have drum sanders and various hole cutting attachments. >> Next to my table saw it is probably my favorite tool. >> Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:17 PM >> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Drill presses >> >> >> Good evening Listers, >> Drill Press >> >> Also known as, pillar drill, drill press is popular for its accurate >> drilling of holes at correct depth, and its power. You can buy your own >> drill press >> if you would like to setup a small workshop or complete the work in your >> house using which you can bore holes at any angles without the worry of >> drill >> bit breaking or about the hole being out of shape. You can use the drill >> press as spindle sander, mortise machine or a pocket hole machine when >> you >> fit >> appropriate attachments with it. The basic models of drill presses are >> Bench-top drill presses and Floor-model drill presses. >> >> You can enjoy the comfort working with the bench-top drill presses as >> they >> can be fit or mount on a table to work with. For home-based small jobs, >> it >> would >> be an apt choice for its compact size; however, they come with less >> attachments and less capacity motors. The floor-model drill presses make >> an >> excellent >> choice for bigger jobs at the commercial workshops. Moreover, you get lot >> of >> attachments and accessories along with powerful motors. Whichever drill >> press >> you opt for, you should remember to check for different criteria like >> Horsepower or hp, size or center of the drilling capacity, variable >> speeds, >> quill >> travel, Depth-stops, table, drill bits, and so on. >> >> The motors with the ranges ΒΌ to one Horsepower, the maximum power are >> available. The higher the horsepower, the tougher material it can bore >> holes >> into. >> The distance from the center of the chuck to the column determines the >> center drilling capacity, and twice the distance from the center of the >> chuck to >> the column is the size. For example, you can bore a hole of 16" diameter >> circle with a 16" drill press or 8" hole from the edge of a straight >> board. >> Five >> to twelve speed settings are available for the drill presses, of which >> the >> drill press with the speed of twelve is more versatile. The speed allows >> you >> to drill holes of different sizes through various materials, without any >> problem to the material on which it is being used or the drill bit. >> >> Another important feature is table, which has the flexibility to move up >> and >> down the column to which it is fitted. Moreover, you can even turn it to >> around >> in the angle of 360 degrees so that it can bore holes into odd shaped >> objects. You can get large tilting tables with fences that have better >> capabilities. >> To determine the depth of the holes that a drill press can bore, quill >> travel is used. To bore deeper holes, you need greater quill travels. To >> get >> more >> accurate boring, you can use a drill press with more precise depth stops >> that allow you to bore holes repetitively at the same place or to bore >> dowel >> holes. >> Fences, mortising attachments, sanding drums, and planer heads are >> different >> attachments or accessories that you would be able to get with the drill >> press. >> The drill bits are of different types like steel bits, high-speed steel >> bits, Titanium coated bits, carbide-tipped bits, and cobalt bits. >> >> bosstoolsupply.com >> >> >> >> Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Skype DaleLeavens >> Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >> or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >> http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml >> >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >> List Members At The Following address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >> >> Visit the new archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list >> just send a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo! 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