On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:45:03 +0100, Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:32:22 GMT, Cicero wrote:

The ninety holes you require shouldn't take much over an hour (possibly
less) for a machine shop

45s per hole? Not including changing the rails, drilling pilots etc,
though a machine shop may well be able to do 8mm straight off.

Sensible timimg is more like 3 to 4 hours.

but for little more than the price they're charging you could have your
own drill press for present and future use.

I agree that the machine shop price looks to be more than the cost of a
small drill press and vice. One assumes the OP has a suitable bench it can
be bolted down to of course.

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If my estimated time is seriously wrong (can't be sure without reference
to Guinness Book of Records) it improves the case for buying the tool to
do the job. I doubt if I would need 3 or 4 hours to drill 90 holes (or
corrected to 120) on my elderly machine so probably somewhere between my
estimate for a heavy duty machine shop drill and mine. At £60-00 approx.
it really doesn't make sense to pay someone to do the job when you can buy
a tool to do it yourself at a more leisurely pace.

Cic.

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