Drillpress and hacksaw???
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Originally Posted by
45nut
Really? I think that is a long way from realistic for many if not most of us without real schooling in machining and is dismissive of the skills that it takes to get those presses accurate and smooth.
It equates a tool and die man with a lifetime of experience and knowledge with a back yard shed and a delta drill press and a hacksaw equipped tinkerer. I could no more make one of these even with those plans than I could make a model t ford. That is why most of us need the skilled hands and minds of the professional to provide our tooling and instead pursue our own crafts and skill sets.
I applaud the individual that develops not only the plans that make this possible but the hands that make the tools that we need. More suppliers for these tools only helps us all, and if this site can put another guy into a job, then thats one more off the soup lines and providing for himself.
Many of our vendor sponsors are doing just that, filling the voids seen and providing solutions and products to our membership that are willing and waiting to buy the tools and merchandise they offer.
Im with you 45nut if someone can make this with a drill press and hacksaw, they are a better machinist than i am! I have 20yrs experience (mainly CNC). Without blowing my own horn, I would rate myself as above average machinist, and a try hard with Autocad! Saying that it can be made with these minimal tools is like believing that McGuiver can make a welder with a nickel, or 2 cent coin! I see this press as a great project, it reminds me of some of my old trade school projects. Cant wait to get started on a few!!
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