When I picked up my first machine and tried it, before the first hole was done, I knew I needed to rebuild the frame. I just used the head with the gears and cranks. I made an angle iron frame with bracing, the head slides up and down on the angle iron just the same as the iron skids on the wooden frame machine. It was great, very solid. I got tired of cranking a 2" bit through spruce, pine is fine, but spruce is tough. So I changed the gears, it now turns easier but is a little slower. This is all before I knew what the Boss was like. This is why I like the Boss, a sturdy frame, depth stop, nice retraction and a choice of speed to fit the need.
Tim
