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SHOPSMITH HORIZONTAL DRILL
SHOPSMITH gives you the only adequate horizontal drill press available in the home workshop field. Properly
utilized it will facilitate many operations which are time-consuming, inconvenient, or actually impossible on a
vertical drill press.
HOW TO USE THE HORIZONTAL DRILL
The following are but a few examples which typify operations best handled in horizontal drill press position.
DRILLING FOR BUTT DOWEL JOINTS
Drilling edge holes for a butt dowel joint is easily
accomplished in wide or narrow boards with the setup
shown in Fig. 62. The rip fence is locked in place to act as a
backstop and as a guide to hold the work square to the
drill. The feed stop is locked to control hole depth. The
only dimension line needed on the board edges is distance
between holes. It is not necessary to center the holes
between edges if the operator makes certain to place the
same side of each board down on the table.
To mark the dimension lines for distance between holes,
hold the boards together and butt one end against the rip
fence. The miter gauge is an excellent tool for marking the
lines across the edges of the boards.
END DRILLING
Drilling end holes in long or short stock is done by locking
the miter gauge in place to act as a guide for the work
(Fig. 63). If you position the work accurately you can drill
through from each end of the piece with the assurance
that the holes will have a common centerline. The
extension table adds additional support for extra-long
work.
JIG DRILLING
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