Nirvana Posted November 25, 2015 Share #1 Posted November 25, 2015 I was reading some old Ships in Scale tonight, dated back to 2002 and found an ad for Preac's X-Y Table. So I "binged" it and found the table in combination with their Drill press and variable speed control for 1000 dollars. Sure it is a lot of money, but looking into the tech's it is a perfect modeling machine. Go to this website and you will see it. mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted November 25, 2015 Sorry for the link, seems like NatureCoast doesn't have the unit available online, further investigation will happen. Thank you mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhearl Posted November 25, 2015 Share #3 Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) Preac is long-since out of business. The owner is dead. So if you ever found one, it would be used. If you really want to spend that kind of money on a drill press (unnecessary IMHO) check out jewelers precision drill presses such as this one - http://www.ottofrei.com/Store/Drill-Presses_2/Precision-Micro-Drill-Press.html If it's just an expensive X-Y table you're looking for, Sherline makes one for about $725 - https://www.sherlinedirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_id=1239&CFID=101121073&CFTOKEN=41016624 but I think before I bought one of those, I'd just buy an entire vertical mill. That would be way more useful I think. The Proxxon X-Y table for about $100 really isn't bad. It is limited in its movement though. Cheers - John Edited November 25, 2015 by jhearl mtaylor 1 Quote http://modelboatyard.com Recently Completed: Chesapeake Bay Buyboat - F.D. Crockett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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