Thread: Drill press - holding wheels and small parts

Another elegant and simple solution to a common problem, niki.

Niki,

I have been watching all your posts with the different jigs that you have made and I have 2 questions.

Do you make anything else other than jigs?

Where do you find the time, you must use all available time thinking up and making jigs.

And well done, some of them are so simple in design, yet so functional that you have to think...Why didn't I think of that.

I think thats very clever. Might have a use for that idea down the track. Thanks for showing.

very good, thanks for sharing that.

Bob K

Niki, you have done it again I have been using a machine vyce to hold round things and flattening edges never again.
les

Thanks for sharing, Niki, nice solution to a common problem. Having to make specific holding clamps on the spot for small items is a recurring problem for home handymen who have only "one of a kind" problems to solve. (It has been for me, anyway. )

I prefer to use ridged rubber as a gripping device instead of sandpaper, though, because I had some early experiences of scuffing when there is a bit of unwanted movement. Being under-skilled I prefer to be over-prudent...
Cheers

Another great idea. A definite keeper

Thank you so much for the kind words

Geoff
I was making furniture in Japan and when we moved to Israel, I made again (we left most of them in Japan) and...when we moved to Poland...I made again.
We bought a new house in Poland but it was in "rare" condition, meaning, walls ready for painting, concrete floors, no internal doors,kitchen, toilets or bath...so you can imagine how much work I had to do ( I made everything myself) and in the mean time I made also a few units for the living room.

This summer, I made mainly garden furniture and planters so I had kind of "vacation" from "fine woodworking" and I found the time to improve things around the garage...

Time?...that's what is called "retirement"...you have all the time in the world to do whatever and whenever you want...as I can see, you still have some 20+ years to go

Frank&Earnest
Actually, you don't have to use nothing. If you glue the sanding paper to the edge that touches the fence (or any other anti-skidding material), that's enough. It's just me, I like it "to be on the safe side"

Thanks again
niki

I'm excited (as in "Doh! Why didn't I think of that?") by something no-one else seems to have picked up on - the tie between the knob on the lid, and the winding handle for the quill.

Having just been through the exercise of breaking the quill return spring (it only lasted 20 years!!) and having to hold the quill up, I wonder why this simple and obvious approach eluded me...

Cheers,
Andrew

Andrew

To be true...I got it only when I was taking the pics and I needed free hands...

Some solutions are coming suddenly from nowhere and I found myself many times shouting "idiot, why you didn't think of it before"...looks like the simple things are difficult for us in this "computer era"...

Regards
niki

Originally Posted by arose62

I'm excited (as in "Doh! Why didn't I think of that?") by something no-one else seems to have picked up on - the tie between the knob on the lid, and the winding handle for the quill.

Frankly, I'm rather surprised you didn't think of it.

That's the first modification I ever made to my press. But then again, I'm forever trying to accurately centre the drill on small pieces of wood, so it didn't take me long to decide I needed a 3rd hand.

The wire-twist garden ties are the bee's knees for the job, too.