Some folks complain about pictures placed in forum posts. My complaint is a lack of pictures. My limited cranial capacity will not form a workable picture of what is described below. If the dowel is bolted to the depth guide, won't the dowel advance downward at the same rate as the drill bit? How does that "release the bit"? Sorry, just can't picture what this dowel is doing. Terry Farrell On Aug 12, 2010, at 3:55 AM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > I had the same problem you describe, the pin block riding up on the > bit. I used to hold the block down with my forearm, but that > seriously bruised it. What I wound up doing is attaching a dowel to > the guide, which on your press is to the left of the chuck. I > drilled a 5/8" hole in one end of a 3/4" dowel, and attached a 5/8" > diameter T-Nut. On the guide, I put a 5'8" bolt, and screwed the > dowel to the bolt. The dowel is long enough so that when the drill > is all the way through the block, the bottom of the dowel would hit > the pin block. That would release the bit, and you're ready to drill > the next hole. No clamp to tighten and release, and no bruised > forearm. > Wim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100812/c46fea4c/attachment.htm>
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