From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 3/3/2026 12:43 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:10o799a$29dn0$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > Although not a help to you but perhaps a hint, my Shopsmith serves   
   > pretty well as a horizontal or angled boring machine for wood, between   
   > the spindle quill feed and the table elevation screw. Its main advantage   
   > as a drill press is the two tube support, so the head and table can't   
   > twist out of position. The quill feed and depth stop enable very fine   
   > adjustments to the rip fence gap for precise joinery. Most of the panel   
   > cabinet doors I made on it would hold together by friction.   
   >   
   > If you had a spindle with a shell OD of 1" or less it could mount in a   
   > 5C spin index for manual feed.   
   >   
      
   Remember that weldments are generally pretty brute force rough   
   applications compared to machining.  Somebody welding up a roll cage and   
   tube frame chassis isn't chasing thousandths for the main structure   
   usually.  Their main measuring tool is probably a tape measure and if   
   they are conscientious they use only one tape measure for the whole job.   
     If they are chasing thousandths they probably have a lot more   
   expensive equipment than you or I, and they are letting a machine do ALL   
   the work.   
      
      
   --   
   Bob La Londe   
   CNC Molds N Stuff   
      
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