On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:08:01 -0500, Bruce Barnett
wrote:

-MIKE- writes:

FWIW, The TS Aligner Jr can do several things
Mitre Gauge alignment
Sliding Table alignment
Spindle alignment on a drill press
Jointer blade height


The one I made for 15 bucks does all that.
It's a dial indicator on a stick, there's nothing ingenious about that. :-)

Interesting. Is there any write-up? For instance, how do you get the
table of a drill press to be square to the spindle?


For testing drill press runout you can, with the power cord unplugged,
use a coat hanger chucked in the drill press such that it lightly
touches the drill press table top. When it is even all the way
around, the spindle is perpendicular to the table top. No special
tools needed!