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Hands Free Drill Press
Oct 25, 2005
I added a foot-treadle to my drill press by wrapping some plastic-covered cable around the quill and hooking it up with some other odds and ends from the hardware store. Now I can lower and raise the quill without taking one hand off the work.
Harold L. Wilcox, Binghamton, N.Y.
Fine Woodworking Magazine, April 1986 No. 57
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