---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment My drill press happens to be part of the Shopsmith system. I clamp Wally's jig to the rip fence and incremental adjustments to hammer blow can be done with a slight turn of the crank to move the table. Lacking a means to easily alter the 'vertical' plane of the platform I can see where the RennerUSA jig is better suited. Jon Page At 08:09 PM 12/17/2000 -0200, you wrote: >Hi, Ron, > > > I built my own > >I remember you mentioning it before; what with your previously sweated >upon bridge caps and monster meatsaw, you are one cool recyclin' dude! > >If I build one it will be similar to the Renner tool. The reason I've >opted not to use the Brooks jig is I follow a procedure similar to what >Newton posted - measuring string heights, center pin heights, etc., >blasting them through a spreadsheet template, and found repeated >incremental adjustments were slower than just freehanding the rig to a >mark punched on each molding. The new vise is hefty enough to stay put, >faster and more repeatable to load, if not so easy to lift. The angle >markings are much worse than Brooks' (mine's, uh, second hand - I always >used a protractor anyhow), but soon to be replaced with a vernier scale. >Cheap (I think shipping was free), ugly, but fairly versatile once >"tuned up". I saw an orange Honda motorcycle that looked just like a >Puch minus pedals, now that was sexy. > > >Clark ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/8d/5c/f6/6e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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