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5:37 am
March 21, 2011
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I picked up this drill press off of Craigslist last week. $75. It's an Orbit Industrial benchtop unit. Seems pretty well built and beats the heck out of all the home store units I've been seeing on Craigslist. It came with the rolling cart it's mounted on.
Now I need to find a deal on a bandsaw.
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6:18 am
December 10, 2010
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I am sooo jealous... Great find
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5:02 pm
March 22, 2010
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I've owned one of those, great machine. Good score too!
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6:01 pm
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April 22, 2010
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These were actually imported by Jet. And are made in Taiwan. I still have mine, bought new in mebbe 78, and use it daily. I particularly like the round table that swivels and spins- It means you can bolt a vise down, and locate any hole just by spinning and swiveling the table, then locking in place. much safer than a loose vise on a drill press table, like many people use.
Jet still carries most parts for these.
7:10 pm
August 14, 2010
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Funny you should mention the loose vise. I spun the vise on my drill press yesterday and broke my left index finger. ER yesterday afternoon and hand Doc tomorrow. Good thing I know some under-employed sculptors.
Tom, That looks like a nice unit. You'll be amazed how much of a difference a good drill press (and decent drills at the right speed) makes.
3:00 am
March 21, 2011
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Lewis;11183 wrote: ....(and decent drills at the right speed) makes.
I've been preaching this to construction workers for a couple of decades. "High speed steel" means to run the drill as fast as you can, right? [Image Can Not Be Found]
The carpenters are bad enough but give a drill organizer to a laborer and you might as well kiss them goodbye (or get out the Drill Doctor). [Image Can Not Be Found]
3:02 am
March 21, 2011
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Lewis;11183 wrote: Funny you should mention the loose vise. I spun the vise on my drill press yesterday and broke my left index finger.
Sorry to hear. I hope it heals quickly. I've had more broken fingers than I can count. [Image Can Not Be Found]
8:07 pm
March 18, 2010
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Tom Allyn;11195 wrote: Sorry to hear. I hope it heals quickly. I've had more broken fingers than I can count. [Image Can Not Be Found]
So ya count them on your fingers, do ya?:stomp::stomp:
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but then there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence,
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8:48 pm
March 21, 2011
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Grant;11211 wrote: So ya count them on your fingers, do ya?:stomp::stomp:
Until I run out and have to use toes. Is there another way?
2:16 am
September 14, 2011
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Nice! She looks like a tank.
6:13 am
March 21, 2011
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Ries;11182 wrote: These were actually imported by Jet. And are made in Taiwan. I still have mine, bought new in mebbe 78, and use it daily. I particularly like the round table that swivels and spins- It means you can bolt a vise down, and locate any hole just by spinning and swiveling the table, then locking in place. much safer than a loose vise on a drill press table, like many people use.
Jet still carries most parts for these.
Thanks, Ries. I recently found a Jet vise for it at an estate sale for $10. I use the vise just as you suggested. Works great.
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June 8, 2010
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Tom Allyn;11213 wrote: Until I run out and have to use toes. Is there another way?
I can count to twenty one on my appendages and I'm not gonna tell you how.:mstickle:
10:49 pm
March 21, 2011
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Yeah, I see the nose in your avatar image.......
1:18 am
March 18, 2010
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Guy told me he had 12 inches...................but he doesn't use it as a rule!
“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot,
but then there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence,
transform a yellow spot into the sun.” ~ Pablo Picasso ~
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