Drill Press anyone?

[randysmith]

Does anyone have a drill press they'd be willing to let me use to make a hole in a metal object? (Or, if you feel protective of your tools, willing to make such a hole for me?) I think I need more precision on this hole than I can get from a hand-held drill, and while my immediate instinct is to go out and buy a drill press, recent events are suggesting that care with spending may be in order :-}.

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer (I'm not sure what to offer in return, but if you need something that I'm in a position to provide, don't hesitate to ask).

(Background, for the curious: I'm sorta semi becoming the go-to person for problems with the locks at psongster's church (at least, she's going to me :-}). The bar that goes through a mortise lock broke. The nice folks at Commonwealth lock in Porter found a replacement for me, but it needs to be cut shorter and have the pin hole re-drilled at a different location. I think I can substitute a dremel for a bandsaw for cutting it shorter, but the hole has to be right across the middle of the bar or the holding pin won't go through.)

Comments

[frotz.livejournal.com]

I've got a few drill presses and a bandsaw in residence if you turn out to need same.

[randysmith]

Chuckle (at the "a few"; I can imagine needs for more than one, but it's more hard core than I think I'm personally likely to get). Thanks! I may take you up on that, depending what happens with the current possibility).

[frotz.livejournal.com]

Well, there's a standard-duty drill press, a beefy mill-drill for precision work, a little portable one for site work (though that's on loan), at at least one of those combo "drill+stand=drill press" setups.

[randysmith]

frotz, did you get my email? I'd like to take you up on this offer, if it's still open.