No actual airplane work tonight, just improving the workspace some more. I stopped at Lowe’s on the way home and snagged the drill press, along with a few other sundries. Setting up the drill press took a good hour or so, and then of course I just had to experiment a bit with it. Works like a charm! I did learn one very useful thing though…running the Unibit at the highest speed isn’t very smart. The thing fires tiny aluminum chips out at transonic speeds. The little buggers actually stung a bit when they hit my bare arm…
That done, I moved my power tool bench a little for better access, and then set about making it better. I attached a power strip to one end for plugging in the tools as well as anything else I might find myself needing. This also allows me to easily power down the bench for changing blades/drill bits and so forth. Then I figured out where I wanted the bench grinder, drill press, and band saw, and started screwing them down for good. Well, I got the grinder screwed down at least. I need some more hardware to take care of the drill press and band saw. Guess I’ll be stopping at Lowes again tomorrow…
Many metal chips will be made on this bench:
