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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
That switch is a loooog way from where you might be in trouble, when the work is trying to climb the drill, so you can't let go of the handle, and the work will spin if you let go, because it was too big and you had to take the clamp off. You may be wishing you could reach it with your nose.  |
That's why I added the clamping device to the table, not that it will work for every application but for most things it should help. The newer drill presses have the switch on the front of the spindle housing but there was no way to move it there so I just put it where the original one was.