No sliding system can be built with the same low play as the pivoting
press has, as easily.
A pivoting press can probably be built in the time it takes to find
suitable rails and sliding parts, or ordering expensive linear bearings.
ST
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:57:30 +0100, soffee83 <soffee83@...> wrote:
> Another thought-
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> If anyone could think of some type of readily available metal
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> standoffs which could slide up and down a greased chrome pipe,etc.,
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> that would be simple as crap. I've got drum hardware here which might
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> be able to hold the main tube down (like bass drum tomtom mounts), but
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> you could probably do a two piece wooden clamp around the tube and
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> screw it down to the work surface. The top could also be strengthened
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> by a wood rig. I've seen guys use a homemade pulley system on a radial
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> saw, with counter weights hanging from the far end to return the saw
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> to the back.
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> -George
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> PS- I know the Dremel presses are cheap as dirt.
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