hammer boring.

[Ron Nossaman]

>I have one of Brooks', and saw the Renner jig last May. There's no
>comparison. Check the archives, I think there's a third tool that was
>mentioned last year.

The Renner is a nice looking jig. I haven't used one, but those who have
like them a lot. Go to WWW.rennerusa.com, chase down the rebuilding tools,
and have a look at it.  



>I just retired the Brooks thing, after giving up on clamping a
>not-included x-y vise in place a while ago, rather to calculate and mark
>moldings and use the held-upright-but-not-clamped jig simply to hold
>them (with a couple rubber bands, too). I bought a cheap ($20) angle
>vise with (sloppy but shimmable) dovetailed ways instead of the Wilton
>style and which is better suited for my sort of freehanded method -
>clamping, much sturdier and with a lower center of gravity.
>
>Clark

I built my own, similar to the Brooks, but with a combination back/base
made of old take out pinblock material with the base big enough to C clamp
to the drill press table. It's pretty solid, I can still lift it, and it
does what I consider to be an adequate job, though it's not as versatile,
and nowhere near as sexy as the Renner.

  
Ron N