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08-02-2007, 04:57 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Glen Burnie, MD
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|  New Drill Press Well I finally had to break down and buy a new drill press.  It's a Rikon from Woodcraft. I was talking to the guy there and he said it was pretty good & he would buy one himself if he needed. Since I'm a regular customer there & know the guy I went on his recommendation. At least when I drill holes now they are the same space apart on the front & back! And the pen blanks hubby drills aren't widened at the end. It wasn't the one I really wanted but it was the best I could afford. I like the way the table goes up & down. Turn something in the back, not a handle or knob just something, which releases it then you turn the crank on the side and it lifts & lowers the table. Don't you like the way I describe things? LOL Anyhow, so far so good!! Now I have two buffers!!!Betty
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08-02-2007, 02:43 PM
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| Moderator CUT IT OUT  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada
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| Glad you are drilling straight and true. I understood what you described but I am fluent in thingamajigs and whatchyamacallits. 
__________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "THE LYF SO SHORT, THE CRAFT SO LONG TO LERNE." GUSTAV STICKLEY Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21 |
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08-02-2007, 03:29 PM
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| Grumpy Old Moderator  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away
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 | I understand the doohicky thingy on the back too (of course, I bought my Rikon radial drill press from Woodcraft so I know exactly what you're referring to).
__________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671 A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. - Thomas Jefferson |
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08-02-2007, 04:58 PM
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| Happy to be here member  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA
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| You guys/gals are too funny........I needed a good laugh today. WD |
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08-02-2007, 07:49 PM
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| Moderator CUT IT OUT Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada
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| Years ago...I think it was 1967, my dad bought one of the first Toyotas imported to Canada. The manual was ahoot. I do not know who did the translation but I still remember the section about the turn indicators. " the brinking right is controlled by the right brinker switch"
__________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "THE LYF SO SHORT, THE CRAFT SO LONG TO LERNE." GUSTAV STICKLEY Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21 |
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08-02-2007, 08:23 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Glen Burnie, MD
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| Well, hubby, "bettered" my drill press. He put it right at the end of my 18' long work bench, & put a 18" x 18" board on top so that I had support for my bigger pieces. Great, right? Oh, did I also tell he put it on top of a 3' table he built. And did I tell you, I now can't reach the something in the back I have to loosen to turn the crank to make it go up and down because of the large board he put on top? Oh, and did I tell you, I now have to stand on a tool box that is 12" high so I can see what the heck I'm drilling! It's too high!!! He said it works for me. I guess it does, he's 6'4 & I'm 5'9. We seem to always have that problem. My 18 foot table which is 4 feet wide? I have to crawl on top to open the window above it because that is about 48" high and I can't reach the window. Don't you think after 35 years he would remember I'm shorter than he is? LOL I'll still keep him around. Betty
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08-03-2007, 03:27 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lakewood Ranch Florida
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 | ahhhhhhh married life ain't it a wonderful thing to behold
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08-03-2007, 03:55 AM
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| Banned  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wynndel, BC, Canada
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| Hey Betty. Wifes can also come in handy in a shop . Even the ones that don't do woodworking. We are married 49 1/2 years now. Often I will loose a very small metal part in a pile of sawdust and shavings on the floor and spend a LONG time on my hands and knees without ever finding it. So I call her on the shop to house intercom and she comes out and with eyes like an eagle and fingertips like a magnet she spends a few seconds and says . . here it is . . I am both embarrased and grateful when she does that. Oh yes, we also have the height difference thing but I guess I'll keep her around . . . . W.Y. |
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08-03-2007, 05:42 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Racine, WI
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| Height Difference We have the same problem. I'm 5' 11" and my wife, Barb, is 5' 3". If she can't reach something I have a few index cards available for her to stand on. When I built the cabinets, floor mounted, for the kitchen I scaled the height down proportionately to fit her height. Seemed to work out fine. It's easier for me to bend down a little, than for her to stand on index cards.
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08-03-2007, 02:25 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York
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| Betty, You know how to use tools , threaten to shorten him up a bit in his sleep, that may change his ways 
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