I gotta get me one of these!

pedalcrazy · Post by **pedalcrazy** » 05 May 2010, 22:41

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.

KindaFuzzy · Post by **KindaFuzzy** » 05 May 2010, 23:43

I've got one of those too, works great. Fits a Mastercraft brand rotary tool as well if any other Canadians are wondering.

mcaviel · Post by **mcaviel** » 06 May 2010, 07:20

I Use these!
So simple and accurate.

RnFR · Post by **RnFR** » 06 May 2010, 12:42

i've got one as well. great for drilling pcb's, but for enclosures, i use the real thing.

lolbou · Post by **lolbou** » 06 May 2010, 16:40

RnFR wrote:but for enclosures, i use the real thing

You mean this?

It's the model I have...

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!

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pedalcrazy · Post by **pedalcrazy** » 06 May 2010, 17:54

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?

pedalcrazy · Post by **pedalcrazy** » 06 May 2010, 21:33

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!

timbo_93631 · Post by **timbo_93631** » 06 May 2010, 23:20

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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pedalcrazy · Post by **pedalcrazy** » 07 May 2010, 00:59

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.

bigmufffuzzwizz · Post by **bigmufffuzzwizz** » 28 Mar 2011, 04:30

It would be so sweet to have a nice drill press set up!