Drill Press Machining Hacking/Tips and Tricks: The Basics
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- 10 Bake-sale Basic Machining hacks/Tips and Tricks for your Drill Press.
I cover some of the basics to use your drill press to do some basic machining.
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I use to be a machinist in a track shop (railroad track) where I operated many machines. A large Cincinnati milling machine was just one I operated. I often thought about purchasing a milling machine. I had a friend who had a Bridgeport mill for sale once, but I didn't buy it. Then I thought about the mini mills that are for sale today, but once again I didn't buy one.
Your idea about using a cross slide vise on a drill press is a very economical way to do some light milling which is probably enough for most people in their home workshop. Who knows, I might have to go out and buy a nice drill press and a cross slide vise even in my advanced years.
For most of my life I have been making something, at the track shop I cut steel harden steel castings, even stainless. At home I had a wood working shop, and I've done auto body work for years. I say all this to give a warning. The heavy metal dust, sawdust, and even auto body filler dust have ruin my lungs, I now have pulmonary fibrosis. So the warning is ALWAYS WEAR A DUST MASK. It will save your life.
Thanks for the video, I'm sure it will help many to get into some light milling.
Best of luck
One stop shop channel of brilliance.
Thanks for being out there brother.
Everything that I’ve been thinking/imagining all of the possibilities that I can do with my newly acquired perfectly patinated 8” 1991 Craftsman Drill Press.
Having a Father-in-law that’s been a machinist for over 60 years as my walking, talking encyclopedia as backup has given me a new found love for reshaping material.
God Bless n
God Bless 🇺🇸
This press has worked like a charm for my projects ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxajoEbapTfqWaadnqb04h6U576yxXp-FE . I didn't even secure it to my table top, mainly due to the fact that I was using a 15 lbs drill vise. It's not flimsy at all as to what others have claimed it to be. Make sure the locking nuts and levers are secured and there won't be any issues with light pressure and patience. I was able to drill through aluminum, plastic, and steel (steel took a while) with no problems at all. Yeah it took a little longer than a regular drill press, but I don't have the space OR the money for one.The instruction manual was worthless, but luckily assembling the press was intuitive. However, the manual would be good for ordering replacement parts if needed. There is a nice breakdown of the parts that are included in the kit. Before ordering, make sure it is compatible with your unit, it is clearly stated what models the press is compatible with.This was an excellent purchase for $40!!
Thanks for rocking the old school Robert Miles. Brings me back to a warehouse party somwhere in 1998...
I just bought a vintage cross slide vise at a yard sale for $20. I'm going to need to clean it but it was an awesome deal. I currently have a bench top drill press but I'm ordering a full-sized 20" drill press later this month. I'm looking at a Jet 1.5 HP model. These tips were quite helpful. I like the replacement chuck.
Cut off carbide saw tooth bits are one of my cheap tricks. Mounted in the cross slide the results are surprisingly good. Plus you get 40 to 60 bits per used 10" saw blade
Thanks! The cup/straw vacuum attachment was particularly sweet.
As a 40 year journeyman tool & die maker I too have used this method at home. People need to be aware that a drill press chuck is only press fit into the spindle, and therefore, the side pressure of milling can and will eventually make your chuck fall out, or be corkscrewed into your workpiece. Be safe.
i was going to say the exact same thing, he should have mentioned that first as someone will get hurt, a milling machine has a draw bar for a reason.
I learned that the hard way. A bit of loctite works well.
Almost two years since you posted this - and this still a stand out fantastic video!
I am shocked that there have not been a ton of content inspired by this!
Fantastic channel - thanks for the great content.
Yup, I would agree with that
Those are some great tips! I especially like the straw and cup for cleaning debris from the cross slide screw. The keyless chuck is a really good idea and I need to get one too. Thanks for sharing these ideas.
I enjoyed the video and found it very informative,and for light work,this will work just fine,thanks.
Good stuff Eric. I need to get myself a good keyless chuck and a milling vice. You sir, are a genius!
Ok, a lot of content out there: One decent tip, dragged out into a 24 minute vid. This content: at least 8 hell-yeah , usable tips in 6 minutes. Left me wanting more.
Thank you I found this video extremely helpful. I picked up a nice used Craftsman 1 hp drill press and will implement some of your tips
Very important knowledges about machines,thank you sir for this video.
Why have I been fighting with three drill press handles for so long??! I wish I could give this video 10 thumbs up! That dust collection bit was life-changing.
Cool
I always appreciate an innovative mind!
Rock on indeed sir. Love that you say that to!
Nice job Eric, I DO have a CNC mill and a lathe and I would say the video was still for me. Keep the videos coming, you do a great job
Best on youtube for about 5 year now and this is the first I have given a thumbs up to, good advice and for the simple man, me knuckle dragger 🙈
Thanks, feel free to share on social media!
Love the Motörhead shirt!
Your channel is both cool and inspirational for a scratch builder to be like me! Thanks a lot!
Thank you for a very helpful video. To keep a chuck key in one place use and old hard drive magnet mounted either on or close to the machine.
Appreciated Eric, thanks.
Thanks Eric. I'm a 17 year old building my workshop at the moment and I appreciate all the useful tips.
Seth Gaston Me too, but mine is a corner of dad's workshop
It's been 3 yrs, how is the shop coming along?
More! Thank you!
LOL THE INTRO NICE ONE MAN!!
Every single tip here is actually useful! Great vid!
some really good tips, thank you
Thank you, great help this video was.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!!!! This is so cool! I have one of these drill presses & just inherited another HF one, like the one you have, & decided to have one for woodworking & the other for metal work. Never really thought about nor had a thought about milling, as mills are big & expensive, until I watched your video. THANKS! I also just subscribed as you come up with ideas for the common person. Great video!
Thanks for your comment and support. Very much appreciated. Feel free to post on your favorite social media and share with the world. Thanks again 😊👍
Excellent what he’s doing
Awesome tips thank you
This is the video I've been looking for. Thanks.
Cool! glad you liked it, feel free to share with the world on social media
Love your channel. So much to learn and is a source of inspiration.
Your intro got me hooked. Well made and easy to understand vid. Thank you.
Mean Green awesome, glad you liked it. Don't forget to check out my Kickstarter campaign for the "Alfred" Backpack hanger kck.st/2Yi2Qnd thanks for your comment and support much appreciated.
Thanks for the trips.
You're welcome, be safe
Sir, you are tremendously talented!!! Thanks, Sir
Good job, love how clean you work
Excellent - it gives me hope for a next project !
Great video! Thanks!
As a machinist, I take big advantage of the compliance of certain tools. There is no such thing as a bad tool depending upon what you are doing!
Very
Very cool vacuum trick mate
Thanks for an incredible and beautiful well done job !!
DRILL PRESS ! OUT ! OF ! TRASH !! CANS !! HOW !! WONDERFUL !!
Great video. Now I have a bunch of ideas that need actualizing!
Brilliant video thank you.
I was lucky enough to buy an old Whitecote drill press from the 1970's - it came with the slide vice (I didn't know what it was called until seeing your video) and a massive haul of big and little morse taper and straight-shank drills - all for £40 ! Re-wired it with a new starter, and it's so heavy there's no vibration at all, even with large drills.
Finished making a precision 9BA needle pin screw for a 1930's phonograph with this setup.
I will buy some of the tools you suggested, I did not even know these existed.
Awesome
hey man great starter vid you have me excited about my drill press and milling ,theres no way i can afford a milling machine and for basic stuff this should get me going ,thanks
great good video last week i buy a jet drill press it was 2300 hundred i love working with it i love working with my hands from happy australia here today hello
I'm a machinist. Great tips for the hobbyist. Although I cringe seeing you use a drill chuck with endmills. LOL But, for the light work being done, it works.
Absolutely fantastic for plastic and wood
Fantastic video, getting ready to build a plane and this is exactly what I needed to see.
Awesome, feel free to share on social media
Do You Build ! Jack ! Planes !?
Great tips! Thanks
Dude thank you. I have great purposes for this. I appreciate this
The idea of a trash can FOR the drill press is awesome! I can't believe I didn't see that before. Thank you.
MAYBE ! ALL !! DRILL !! PRESSES !! SHOULD ! BE !! MADE !! OUT !! OF !! TRASH !! CANS !!! AS !! WELL !!
Very beautiful video, detailing is awesome, and your voice is really like teacher... Great. 👏 👏 👏
You just saved me so much time and trips to the looney bin from beating my head against the wall. Some things were so obvious but your already in too deep and thinking way to complicated about something so simple. I've always wanted to learn your trade and just be able to make anything from anything or scratch shall I say. I need to come apprentice under you for a few years in a few years when my youngest (last nester) is done with high school and off to explore the world. Maybe we will both come apprentice you never know with this one.
Love the tip about removing the two handles. In about 10 minutes I’m heading to my garage and taking those suckers off. I also saw in another video where the guy puts golf balls on the end of the arms, which I’m also going to do since ny harbor freight drill press
Great ideas! 👍👍
Question! Now that it's been about 5 years since this video came out, how are the bearings on the drill press doing? Have you had any decrease in performance or had to replace anything, or is it all still working fine?
Great little video & great tips, thanks.
This was the video I was looking for. Cross Vice In the mail. Ty
Eric, my tip is to get some button magnets and place them onto the speed change cover, then I place my selection of centre drills, chuck key, countersink drills etc.
They are always at hand and are kept out of the way when finished with. :-))
Using a magnet to hold your bits makes them magnetic as well, even when taken away from the strip or tray. Which means that ferrous metal chips cling to them. Sometimes tenaciously. The bits can have a beard of filings that shift but wont easily wipe off. This interferes with cutting, wears out the tool and produces poor quality holes, scoring or embeds metal especially in soft material. You can degauss them, but that's just another step.
Good video. Helpful tips. FWIW, I have 4 working drill preses; every one has just one arm for a handle. Really makes things easier.
I agree, thanks for the comment
I came here for the "a drill is not a milling machine, it was not designed to take radial loads" comments.
The old timers around here have been using their drill press as milling machines for over 40 years...
I’m a machinist and a good machinist will make do with what they have. Used many drill presses with a add on cross slide vise. One axis is enough to get by.
😂
Bumblebees aren't aerodynamic, and theoretically aren't supposed to fly, but...
;^)
If you’re going to use a drill press the last thing you want to use is a Harbor Freight press or any press with a Morse taper! Get an old Craftsman ore equivalent with a fixed Chuck that can’t drop out from side pressure or radial loads!
Thank you for sharing, subscribed - thank you hackaday for featuring your video..
From Honduras in Central America thank for sharing
Great tips thanks for the information
Very well thought out Sir.👏👏👌🇨🇦
These were some really helpful tips!! Thank you for sharing this.
You're welcome
Awesome, well done. I'm tired of people commenting that milling with a drill press can't be done. This proves then wrong.
Thanks for the tips .
Thankyou helped a lot with my mini bike built
Eric love the channel. I would love to see your vacuum system.
I own a cheap mil drill but your ideas are great for me too
Thank you so much for this great diy video!🤟🤟
Really useful tips
the best piece of advice here was the simplest - just remove two of the handles. I never really noticed it before but I actually always just reach for the same handle every time even though I had a "choice" of three. Sometimes when I had a workpiece clamped to the drill press table the clamps would get in the way of the handles turning and I'm kicking myself now for the number of times I moved clamps rather than just taking off the offending handles. Christ the lights, what was I thinking of?!
Sorry to be 'that' guy, but this part kinda baffled me. I've never had issues with the three handles of my drill press. They all know I love them equally! I also use a technique (usually with drilling metal) where I have my hand on an 'upper' handle, my elbow on the one below. I get leverage from the elbow, control from the hand. This entirely depends on the height of the table though.
Thumbs up for the Tips n Tricks & the Motorhead shirt
This is very informative thanks Eric.
Excellent video Eric, thanks. I especially liked the work in the chuck/tool in the vice suggestions. Not just a mill, it’s a lathe! Liked & subbed.
Thank you!
Your welcome
Useful. Glad you kept the background "music" low. As a musician I hate how so many instructional videos have audio crap in the background.
Thanks, getting better at it.
Hey, enjoyed the video, like your style and delivery! :-) Will definitely be looking into a cross-slide vice!
I really enjoyed your video. I am off to look for keyless Chuck and cross slide vice.
Very helpful thank u
Some really good tips, thanks 👍👍👍
Fantastic, glad you like them.
Great video Thanks for taking the time to make it!!
I have made motorcycle parts, gun parts and all kinds of other stuff with my drill press an angel grinder and files. I had to make a centering point that I clamp to the table to help keep some parts centered and take some of the side ways pressure off of the chuck. I still want to buy a real late mill combo when I find a good one that isn't to expensive.
New subscriber from watching this vid- thanks for the lessons!
dang, eric has bunch of new toys. Nice shop! Thanks mister.
Some good ideas 💡
Thanks for sharing these excellent tips, very useful information, keep up the good work.
Nice set up
Nice job thanks man
Excellent T-shirt dude 🤘🏼
5:00 I like the trick of the micro vacuum adapter. I wanted to clean a spark well plug on a vehicle.
Muy bueno!!! Gracias Eric!! ( desde Argentina)
You're most welcome, be safe
So happy to have finally found your channel! Where have you been hiding, anyway?
No joke: I’ve wanted to be you “when I grow up” for a good 25 years or so by now. 🤓 I’m a hobbyist maker, but I strive to find methods as clean, precise, and complete as yours... I can only dream of what it must be like to be as capable and skilled as you clearly are...
You’ve got a new subscriber, moreover, a humongous new fan.
Cool, feel free to share with the world on social media. Glad to have you as a subsriber
I subbed for the Motorhead jersey! Neat tips, I can use some of them.
Fantastic! Rock on
Great video. You have a nice setup
Clean set up
Subbed! The cup/straw/vac was gold.
Awesome, thanks for the comment and support. Much appreciated. Feel free to share on social media that helps the channel. Rock on!