drill press assembly

[William R. Monroe]

Mineral spirits works well, too.

William R. Monroe



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry" <terry@farrellpiano.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: drill press assembly


> Acetone will likely work. Benzene, toluene or tetrachloroethylene would
> certainly work, but they are kinda nasty. I think I might have used
Acetone
> to clean mine when new.
>
> Check your runout on that chuck. Most chucks on new drill presses cost
about
> $3. If you are not completely happy with the stability (runout) of your
new
> drill, spend about $100 and get a nice after-market chuck that drills
> properly. That's what I did on my Crapsman drill press and realized a
> 1,000%n (my estimate) increase in drilling accuracy.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
>
> > Shop rats,
> > I am assembling my new Delta drill press, and at the last step -- 
> > attaching the chuck to the spindle.  Before I pound the chuck onto the
> > spindle taper (which seems  rather unelegant to this 'no heavy
> > equipment' field technician) I am instructed to remove all the packing
> > grease gunk from the components. Household oven cleaner is suggested,
> > and I sprayed some on last night. As I'm getting ready to wipe the stuff
> > off, I'm wondering if acetone would have been equally effective, and if
> > I could use acetone to rinse off the oven cleaner lye solution.
> > Hoping not to burn my hands and eyes off,
> > Patrick Draine
>
>
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