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I gotta get me one of these!

Posted: 05 May 2010, 22:41
by pedalcrazy
Ive been drilling my enclosures with a cordless drill and a Uni-bit from day one. I think its time to upgrade. I don't have a lot of space in my home so this is perfect for my small batch production. Just thought I would share this new discovery with everyone.

Re: I gotta get me one of these!

Posted: 05 May 2010, 23:43
by KindaFuzzy
I've got one of those too, works great. Fits a Mastercraft brand rotary tool as well if any other Canadians are wondering.

Re: I gotta get me one of these!

Posted: 06 May 2010, 07:20
by mcaviel
I Use these!
So simple and accurate.

Re: I gotta get me one of these!

Posted: 06 May 2010, 12:42
by RnFR
i've got one as well. great for drilling pcb's, but for enclosures, i use the real thing.

Re: I gotta get me one of these!

Posted: 06 May 2010, 16:40
by lolbou
RnFR wrote:but for enclosures, i use the real thing
You mean this? :D It's the model I have...

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I do have the Dremel stand too, nice for PCBs, but it loses precision in hole placing when bits are larger (it does flex a bit, ha ha, nice one! :wink: )...

Re: I gotta get me one of these!

Posted: 06 May 2010, 17:54
by pedalcrazy
RnFR wrote:i've got one as well. great for drilling pcb's, but for enclosures, i use the real thing.
I wish I had the room for the real deal. Ill have to settle for the little guy. Or, is it not worth it and should I stay with hand drilling with my cordless?

Re: I gotta get me one of these!

Posted: 06 May 2010, 21:33
by pedalcrazy
ibodog2 wrote:
pedalcrazy wrote:
RnFR wrote:i've got one as well. great for drilling pcb's, but for enclosures, i use the real thing.
I wish I had the room for the real deal. Ill have to settle for the little guy. Or, is it not worth it and should I stay with hand drilling with my cordless?
I think it really depends on the quantity of pedals you plan on doing and whether you've got some other use for it (and space to store it). :) I've got that dremel one you posted and I have a hard time keeping the chuck tight on the bit when drilling an enclosure with it. So I went back to the hand drill.
I'm glad I posted this thread, otherwise I probably would have dumped money into the Dremel press. Thanks to everyone's great feedback Ill save some coin!

Re: I gotta get me one of these!

Posted: 06 May 2010, 23:20
by timbo_93631
I got this one on sale from grizzly.com for $89 last year when I was outfitting my new shop. You just can't beat the precision you get even from a cheaper drill press like this. I build amps and effects and I use it regularly. I have even done some custom pickgaurds and pickup rings with it set for high speed using plastic routing bits. Great for staking turrets too! The depth gauge was a joke though. It has paid for itself already.
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Re: I gotta get me one of these!

Posted: 07 May 2010, 00:59
by pedalcrazy
timbo_93631 wrote:I got this one on sale from grizzly.com for $89 last year when I was outfitting my new shop. You just can't beat the precision you get even from a cheaper drill press like this. I build amps and effects and I use it regularly. I have even done some custom pickgaurds and pickup rings with it set for high speed using plastic routing bits. Great for staking turrets too! The depth gauge was a joke though. It has paid for itself already.
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I was just looking at one of these on line. I'm stoked to hear it works good. They look pretty compact as far as drill press go.

Re: I gotta get me one of these!

Posted: 28 Mar 2011, 04:30
by bigmufffuzzwizz
It would be so sweet to have a nice drill press set up!