That's how we did it at the shop I worked at , too.
The main doing fixtures liked to use magnets to hold parts and limit the number of clamps. For contoured parts he would use Bondo for extra location. Kinda hack, but worked well for consistent fixturing of parts.
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I picked up this Atlas 15" drill press today. Fair shape but spindle runs true. Model tag is 1485 and serial 003298. Can't find much info on it so far. It didn't have a chuck so I picked up one on the way home.
Any pointers to some background on this machine would be appreciated.
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