dave66
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2010
- Location
- California, USA
Just looking for any ideas people might have. We do not do a huge amount of metal work in my biz. We don’t have any CNC. Just some basic drill presses and such. There’s a few things we do that I’d like to make go faster. Drilling holes in aluminum tube is one. Basically we drill holes with varying gaps between the holes, in different lengths of tube. Mostly 2’ at the longest. The tube is held clamped blocks to keep the holes aligned straight down the length, while on the table. It would be great to have some kind of quick stop setup, or indexing jig, or something… where we could have the distances pre set, and just go down the line on each one. We can’t just do one position at a time on each piece, because then we’d have to have separate block clamps for each piece. So all the holes have to be done on each piece at the same time. The closest thing I’ve found is this… Miter Saw Fence Systems & Accessories | JA Dawley
But what they want for it is a bit pricey. If we can’t find anything pre made, I’ll have to make something myself. Just hoping to avoid that. So maybe there’s some sort of digital measuring guide, indexing rail, thingy out there? Thanks
But what they want for it is a bit pricey. If we can’t find anything pre made, I’ll have to make something myself. Just hoping to avoid that. So maybe there’s some sort of digital measuring guide, indexing rail, thingy out there? Thanks