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Re: 1 hour drill press

2005-12-14 by adicont2

The design can be inprouved, take a look
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=im1i7l
There is 2 big problems here:
- strong and right connection between base and absorbers
- strong and right connection between both absorbers and drill suport
Idealy, this connections must be all metall and welded. 
Next days I will try to imagine a "in house" strong connection (I 
don't have a welding machine).  



Adrian

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "soffee83" <soffee83@y...> 
wrote:

> I still think the additional "upper rail support" might be needed to 
> keep the whole thing vertical and steady, and I like the idea of 
> fatter posts for those too, so having the posts protrude up through 
> the carriage pipes might be a necessity. The whole thing could be 
> short enough that you could just slice a couple sections out of the 
> larger tube. The small tube would only have to be tall enough to 
> handle a PCB plus the bit and Dremel nose section. The Dremel itself 
> could extend up past the whole rig, and you could just stack 
plywood/
> hardboard "shim" plates to get the table height from the base for 
> different bit lengths. 
> 
> I just mailed someone who might have car stuff laying around. If she 
> has something good, I may try it over the next few days. I'm not 
> really familiar with shock parts, but if that large (1"?) outer tube 
> I've seen has a tight fit to the smaller one on the main visible 
body, 
> it would be perfect (and thanks again for the suggestion).
> 
> -George
>

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