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Re: laptop drill press (foot switch safety)

2003-07-26 by Dave Mucha

> 
>   Well, maybe if I find an old printer that I can scrap...Hmmm...So 
>   much fun in such a small Yahoo Group! 
>   Next up: X/Y Table ?


I've got a couple 7550 HP plotters.....  
gotta be able to use a couple sections from the gantry to move 
something as light as a PC board.....

My T-tech routing/drilling machine uses a DC motor for the spindle 
and a solenoid to drill.  not much more travel than a plotter pen up 
and down....

and the 7550 has a carosel... maybe it could hold a half dozen drill 
bits....  a small DC motor with a drill bit as the tool holder.  no 
need to change the bit, change the whole motor....

I think it's too late and I'm getting too far afield.

Dave

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