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Pardon the dumb question, but what is a pivoting press?

It sounds like a hinge type of carrier instead of vertical movement.
(?)

Sounds scary. I have enough trouble with double sided stuff not lining
up top to bottom.

I still think that with extra thick wooden standoffs on more than one
"large enough" pipe, or more than one at the top and bottom of the
drilling unit, plus a "centered" upward pull, it shouldn't have enough
play to screw up most previously etched holes. I do have a fair amount
of wood tools here, so it may be more of a bitch without them. The
only critical parts are really the two holes that the pipes ride
through, and they would be done with a 1" holesaw or something anyway.
The rest would only have to be screw eyes and junk, and the shapes
could be whatever's easiest. I think with a piloted straight cutter in
a router, I could clone and mass-cut a few standoffs without much
hassle. If you did three of the standoff triangles glued together,
you'd have a full 2.25" of support along the pipes. It doesn't seem
like it could move around that much, but this is for sort of "pre-
piloted" holes.

Again this is "paper theory" and most of us know how that often goes
after it hits earth. ;) If I can control my compulsive buying habits
for a bit and don't end up with Dremel press, I may try a simple pine
one, to see how it performs. I've got Christmas presents to build, so
if it looks like too much time, it's out.

-Take Care
George

-George