Dear List: I've got a Shop Fox floor radial drill press. It's much better than anyother drill press I've ever owned. It will drill anything at any angle, both the head and the table can be moved in almost any direction. Cool. But, just walking over to it and drilling a piece of wood.....the question always comes up, is the drill bit square to the wood. I use the Wixey device to square the table to the drill head: just put the Wixey on the drill head, press Reset, then put the Wixey on the table. Adjust the table until the Wixey reads 90.0 degrees, and there you have it. (I first compared it to the drill rod-square to table technique, and the rotating coathanger technique....so I'm confident of the Wixey.) Get the table square, and you can put the Wixey on a workpiece and raise the piece up to a desired angle for drilling. (I recently had to drill 23.5 and 32.5 degrees, worked fine) I'm thinking this will work nicely for boring hammers! The instructions warn you that the Wixey is not a level. (But the 3 or more levels I own which all disagree a little may not be levels either.) I haven't tried it on or across a bridge, but it might be good for examining the downbearing issue (just don't tell the Wixey folks) (Dale, I can see one of these riding on top of your little bridge-crossing-beam.......a little geometry and you wouldn't need a feeler gauge.) I like it alot. $39.99 at Woodcraft. best, Terry --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070505/26f67cc4/attachment.html
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