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ISSUE ARCHIVES

JAN / FEB 2001
Volume 44 /  Issue 1

IN THIS ISSUE
Project Articles
Grandfather Clock, Part 3
The Porch Swing
The Kite String Winder

DEPARTMENTS
Ask Smitty
Owner’s Gallery
Letters from Owners

Products on Parade
The Shopsmith Lathe Duplicator
 
Academy Notes
Vertical Drill Press Set-Ups
 
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National Woodworking Academy in Dayton, OH
 
Service Pointers
Drill Press/Boring
Machine Tips

 
Safety Tips
Drilling & Boring Tips

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Academy
Notes &
Tips

From the Shopsmith
Woodworking Academy
Vertical Drill Press Setups

STEP 1 -- Through Drilling
 
Mount the rip fence and/or miter gauge to your worktable for use as a backstop, as required and adjust it to position your stock (and scrap) for drilling.  Clamp your scrap block to the table.  Adjust your table height so the bit is 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch above the surface of the stock when fully retracted.
 

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Extend the quill until the tip of the bit touches the surface of your stock.  Now, set the depth control so the bit
will pass all the way through your stock and into the scrap . . . but NOT all the way through the scrap.  Allow the quill to retract.

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Turn on the machine and feed the bit into the stock while maintaining a steady pressure.  Stop when the depth control halts the movement of the quill.  Retract the quill and turn off the machine, allowing it to come to a complete stop before removing your stock.

Continue . . .

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