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Laser X Hairs for a Shopsmith?
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:32 pm
by dannyshamoon
I saw a YouTube video that had a laser cross hair on a drill press to mark the spot for drilling. Does someone know of a unit that would fit a Mark 500?
Thanks
Danny
Re: Laser X Hairs for a Shopsmith?
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:14 am
by ERLover
Like a Norton bomb sight? Maybe Rieble could incorporate it into the umbrella light? For me, the Lazar line would have to be a 32nd" or less in width. Can you post the site?
Re: Laser X Hairs for a Shopsmith?
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:16 am
by benush26
ERLover wrote:Like a Norton bomb sight? Maybe Rieble could incorporate it into the umbrella light? For me, the Lazar line would have to be a 32nd" or less in width. Can you post the site?
Peachtree used to carry them (maybe they still do). Interesting method of a couple lights, one on each side to form the X. No clue if it can be adapted to fit the SS but for < $50 I am guessing that someone has tried. Whether they succeeded at an acceptable level?? Who knows...
Be well,
Ben
Re: Laser X Hairs for a Shopsmith?
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:42 am
by rpd
benush26 wrote:Peachtree used to carry them (maybe they still do). Interesting method of a couple lights, one on each side to form the X. No clue if it can be adapted to fit the SS but for < $50 I am guessing that someone has tried. Whether they succeeded at an acceptable level?? Who knows...
Be well,
Ben
Drill Press Laser Guide
Re: Laser X Hairs for a Shopsmith?
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:37 am
by garys
I'm not impressed with lasers for this kind of work. I don't have anything like this on my Shopsmith, but I bought a miter saw for iron work, and it has a built in laser. I find the laser to be totally useless. I can eyeball the cuts far better than trying to follow the laser to make the cuts. This is another place where added technology only makes things worse.
Re: Laser X Hairs for a Shopsmith?
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:49 am
by algale
If it were bullet proof, MAYBE it would be useful. But adding lasers to something as oddly shaped as the Mark V headstock, which gets moved about as much as it does, and which is used for all kinds of attachments, is likely to result in the lasers getting bumped out of alignment or interfering with said attachments.
Re: Laser X Hairs for a Shopsmith?
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:01 am
by ERLover
Ya algale I agree, I was looking how you could possibly mount it, it would have to be on the quill. Since it uses basically triangulation it has to be fixed, and if on the quill that would change when you extend it to drill.
Re: Laser X Hairs for a Shopsmith?
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:26 pm
by JPG
Poor substitute for a center punch IMHO.
Re: Laser X Hairs for a Shopsmith?
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:24 pm
by masonsailor2
Agree with JPG. An awl for wood works fine for me.
Paul
Re: Laser X Hairs for a Shopsmith?
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:19 pm
by reible
To be honest I had not really looked at this as being something I needed or wanted but then I just drilled a whole bunch of holes and I can see it would or at least could have been a lot easier if I had such an attachment.
I'm going to look into this and see if I can find a style more suited to the shopsmith then the one shown.
Ed
edit:
After further review I can see an easy way to do this and make it very useful on a shopsmith. Anyone want to fund me a laser guide to play with? Yea didn't think so.... well it is on my list now and should be a piece of cake to do.