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Terry

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Precision Drilling Machine ?
« on: December 03, 2016, 09:27:27 am »

Hi everybody. My workshop is the kitchen table and a 1 meter long shelf under the kitchen window. Sometimes I need to improvise with what tools I have. I have no Pillar drill and needed some reasonably accurate holes in Bowsprit and Mast, so this is what I came up with. Using two V blocks was OK, the magnets in the motor holding the motor in place, but a bit fiddly. So I compromised using the spirit level, not as a spirit level, just as a log arm. I know that the drill is actually describing an Arc, but with such a small distance moved it makes little difference.
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Re: Precision Drilling Machine ?
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2016, 09:38:19 am »

Necessity is the mother of invention. Good lateral thinking  :-))
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Terry

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Re: Precision Drilling Machine ?
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2016, 01:00:04 pm »

Thanks Dougal, I actually read one of Edward de Bono's books on Lateral Thinking many years ago.
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Re: Precision Drilling Machine ?
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2016, 02:29:51 pm »

I love it! Well done. :-))
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Re: Precision Drilling Machine ?
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2016, 11:09:06 pm »


Actually it is longitudinal thinking with practical application. %) %) %)
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Re: Precision Drilling Machine ?
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2016, 11:27:07 pm »

Ah, Mr Robinson lives on  :-))


You may want one of these for Christmas too: https://www.fsmgarage.com/p/45

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Re: Precision Drilling Machine ?
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2016, 05:27:40 am »

radiospares sell a nice drill stand for under £30 (actually with vat its about £35) - I ordered one yesterday
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/miniature-power-tool-stands-workholding/5063545/
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