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====== Metal Drill Press Clearance ======

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====== Tool Specific Instruction ======

===== Point out the following tool features =====

  * Maintenance tag
  * Power switch
  * Feed handle
  * Depth stop adjust
  * Table lock
  * Table vertical adjust crank
  * Motor tension locks & lever
  * Speed change belts
  * Speed settings chart & diagram 

===== Safe Setup/Operation/Cleanup =====

  * Demonstrate setting the speed and loading a drill bit
  * Demonstrate proper material workholding and table adjustment
  * Demonstrate drilling a hole in the stock material

===== Knowledge and Technique =====

  * Can demonstrate proper speed selection based on the material and bit diameter
  * Can demonstrate safe positioning of long metal stock to prevent physical injury
  * Knows when to apply cutting fluid and what are the signs of a dull bit