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Originally Posted by boomergeek
Team 241 has a lathe that we spent time to align the tail stock- it started off about 0.07" off center.
My point is there are about 10 threads on minibot direct drive that say "drill a hole".
(I think some of the audience here on CD sees "drill a hole" and assumes a power drill or a drill press might be sufficient to try;
Or see suggestions like "take off the gear" - but have no idea what a real gear puller is and think of "hammer and pry bar" instead.
I cringe at the potential for wasted time and wasted parts from the possibility of people not having a concept of what the right tools are when someone makes a suggestion to do something.
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I think you misread what was posted. I interpreted what they were asking to do as how to drill a concentric hole without a lathe. Making a jig to hold a shaft vertical on a drill press is certainly better than "eyeballing" the center. Sometimes you have to be creative to get the job done.
The final word was to suggest soliciting a local machine shop to help. The days are long gone when Dad had a workshop in the garage and taught his son or daughter how to use tools, and what they were called. FIRST is helping to fill the gap between engineers and the "hands on" people who actually build the product.