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Re: to drill or not to dril?

2004-03-25 by Phil

sorry, can't help you there.  I use a grizzley which I took apart and 
rebuilt nice and tight - no slop that I can feel/see. I align by 
eyeball but its pretty easy to do.  It was like $40 so the price was 
right.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Johnathan Corgan <jcorgan@a...> 
wrote:
> Phil wrote:
> 
> > With my cross sliding vice...
> 
> Any recommendations on a sliding vice that has metered action (hash 
> marks on the controls for 10 mil increments or whatever)?  I took 
at 
> look at what was available locally at Harbor Freight and they were 
all 
> rather large and crude, with a lot of slop.  They also were too 
high for 
> a Dremel drill press to have any stroke left.
> 
> I imagine something made for use by jewelers would be more suitable 
than 
> a typical machine shop cross-vice.
> 
> -Johnathan

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