Making The Auto-Line Drill Guide | Production Update
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- čas přidán 23. 06. 2021
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Production has begun on the Auto-Line Drill Guide. Here’s a brief glimpse behind the scenes at the manufacturing process. This 4:40 video shows just a few of the machining steps involved in making the Auto-Line, including a sequence showing our live-tooling lathe creating rectangular parts. If you were among the first to order, your Auto-Line Drill Guide should be shipping soon.
Did you miss the original release message? If you didn’t see the details on the Auto-Line Drill Guide when it was released, come check it out on our web site. Be sure to check out both the product release video and the Deep Dive, too.
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Bought this and used it one day so far. I absolutely love this thing. The parts seem too heavy for simple aluminum, but the solid, stabile construction is great. Exact holes at the margins and depths that I set are a game changer. Measure twice, cut .... well as manytimes as I want. Drill the same hole placement, over and over again. Prefab PVC window trim? No problem. 11 holes exactly 1/4" in from one edge, and 11 more exactly 3/8" from the inner edge are a snap. Exactly straight, exactly in the middle of the 3/4" frame underneath. 22 holes again -- now larger -- at the exact depth for a PVC countersink plug. I did add a cardboard shim to make a hole just 1/4" in from the edge but that was well worth making reliable holes on a brickmould profile.
A lot of time saved with no more errors. None of the problems I read about with people trying to make a knock off copy of this machine work. FWIW
2023 price of a making pretty good holes anywhere I want: About $150 for a good drill. Price of making perfectly straight holes at exactly the place and depth I want with greater confidence and speed: About $380 for a Woodpecker Auto Line. That sounds about right. Given the productivity and reliabilty I gained on the first trial I'm not regretting the investment.
While it may look a little spindly and fussy in pictures it's not. I found it solid and easy to work with. Made in America both for quality and for value.
Mine arrived 3 to 4 business days after ordering.
Mine arrived yesterday for apartment woodworking. Surprisingly heavy for how small it is, which is appreciated on both accounts, and more depth of travel (4.5") than most table-top drill presses which I couldn't keep in the apartment anyway. Really happy I pre-ordered and waited the 6mo instead of going with the other pivoting drill guides. It's rock solid and fits in a 10" drawer standing up.
Mine just shipped - a month earlier than expected! Looking forward to it.
You're lucky! I haven't heard any news on mine yet!
Do you mean that I might see my order sometime during my lifetime!
There’s a tx screw connecting the base to the rest of the body; any plans to make a future swap able pivot base for angle drilling? A future one time tool add on perhaps?
Can you install small size drill bits on this vise ? I used lots of 1 1/6 bits any info will be cool .thanks
Yes, the chuck goes down to zero.
@@WoodpeckersLLC Yes that is a very well machined chuck. Having worked with chuck keys before I know I'll lose it someday so I plan to buy a backup. Agree however that a chuck key is the best approach for this particular machine.
Are you using a Jacob brand chuck?
It is not a Jacobs brand chuck.
@@WoodpeckersLLC thank you
Impressive, but at 3:16 I'm surprised to see how those two bolts are installed they are just driven in until they cam out. At least it should be with a driver with a set clutch and ideally set with a torque instrument. Cam out is nails on chalkboard to me, especially on such an excellent tool that you build.
I don't know if I can handle having a Liverpool supporter assembling mine. 😂
jk, I may have to get one of these.
What parts, if any, aren’t made in-house?
We don't make the chuck or the bearings. Everything else comes off our CNC mills and lathes.
350.00 for real ? All about made in AMERICA but wow ? I don't own a power drill that cost 350.00?
crazy price, I know it's done with care, but come on 😁
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After using it I was glad they charged that much. I found it to be pretty useful, solid and well thought out. Wouldn't want to compromise that. Having seen some good tools go out of production or get replaced by a cheaper mass-production design that doesnt get the job done, I'm glad I was able to buy this tool in this form.
That's not a mill "equipped with state of the art inspection technology", that's a CMM with a Renishaw probe, hopefully nowhere near the mills!
Yes, it is built into the mill. We have separate CMM's, too, but a few of our newer mills are equipped with automated dimension sensors.
@@WoodpeckersLLC interesting! And so are the components automatically loaded onto the inspection fixturing too?