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Re: 1 hour drill press

2005-12-12 by soffee83

Here's some quick sketches if anyone could make sense out of them (the 
proportions are probably screwed up) -->

The press-

http://tinyurl.com/cgc5x

The holders-

http://tinyurl.com/cz6av

This would be with wooden standoffs. There's also no foot cable shown. 
I guess that would take an additional pulley or screw eye mounted to 
the base or table to pull downward on the drill. 

I'm sort of guessing that wooden holes in the holders would have an 
acceptable amount of play (maybe a harder wood). I've used that to 
spin a drum with just pine, for 1" pipe, and greased the holes. It 
held up fine and even had to spin. I think with more than one screw 
eye and cable attached to the upper quill part, it would keep too much 
unbalanced pull from tilting the holders and screwing things up 
(hopefully). An extra thick holder (laminated layers) might also help. 
 ---- don't know?

-George

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