I have been a qualified production engineer and I must confess I have never seen drill that drill square holes. Thank you for adding to my education. When people ask me how to drill a square hole in metal I will now tell them. All I knew about was mortisers for wood. And to think I used to bribe out holes in metal, drill in each corner and then use a file after drilling a larger hole second. Brilliant !
I just finished building the handrail on my deck ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxfQ5_mgwq6PcudJvAH25t-I4D-3cTPz4z and used this great little router to clean up the top rail before the final sanding and stain. It was light weight but packed lots of power. Either size battery didn't seem to make it top heavy and I'm a 64 yr old women so I really appreciated how easy it was to use...................... CORDLESS only way to go !!
The things are the bane of my existence. I’ve used them hundreds of times to put a “drive hole” into the end of a hardened worm gear. We buy the gears set worm & rings and modify them. I’d love to perform the op in an annealed state but it’s not feasible. The end is about 45 Rockwell hardness. We insert the worm into a fixture that has a guide plate over the end. The pilot hole size is critical to make the drill work hard enough to get into the corners. Alignment and squareness of the head, adequate thrust, feed, speed and flood coolant are imperative. The Watts drill typically lasts one to three parts before resharpening. The drill takes two months to obtain or factory resharpen so we do it in house much of the time. Once you start the operation you have very little control over size, taper and corner sharpness so you cross your fingers and pray. Whenever I can I try to use a rotary broach instead but sometimes it’s just not doable because of the extreme thrust that op requires exceeds capacity of my equipment on large holes.
Hi Eddie thanks for your question, you are correct. The square size is dictated by the square so a 10mm requires a 10mm square die. The trick is the "floating" cutting tool needs one less cutting edge than the shape it is producing, in this case three cutting edges for four corners (square). If you Google "rotary broaching" you will find lots of examples. Thanks for your post.
This is really interesting! I have a couple of quick questions. First, how come the guide doesn't quickly dull or damage the flutes on the bit? Second, Does the bit float anywhere along the x-y axis or does it move in a specific pattern? I would love to see a high speed slo-mo shot of the bit's motion. Anyway, really cool video, thanks for posting!!
My Mom was the book keeper and shipping department for Watts Brothers Tool Works in Wilmerding PA for 27 years starting in the early 1950's. Her boss, Charles Watts, was the son of the inventor of this technology. They held a patent on the invention, which, as demonstrated in the video, consisted of a floating chuck, a special drill bit and a guide plate. Their customers mainly were Ingersoll Rand and ship builders for the military who needed to make holes in steel plates that were too thick to broach or punch a hole through. The company is still alive today. Side story...one of my Mom's coworkers won lots of bar bets claiming he could drill a square hole. He carried a bar of soap, a small floating chuck, a guide plate and drill bit with him...turned the drill bit with his fingers and drilled a square hole in the bar of soap.
This looks like magic. Even though I watched an animation of how it works before I watched this video, my mind still couldn't comprehend how something spinning could drill a square hole.
Yeah, it would be great if one of those "ultra-slow-motion" UA-cam channels could get this on video. Witchcraft should always be captures in ultra-slow-motion video. ;)
If you had known the Reuleaux triangle, it wouldn't have been a surprise: a triangle exists with equidistances along the lines perpendicular to its perimeter boundary...
This tool in this video is a Watts Drill Bit and floating chuck, using reuleaux triangle method, made by Watts Brothers Tool Works out of Wilmerding Pennsylvania. They do not have a web site nor a online brochure or catalog that i can find. If you would like contact them you must google the company name. Good luck!
The bit is not "floating" its pivoting on a cam system. It's not spinning in a concentric circle. It's being forced off axis to make square cuts. It's expensive but effective.
This is a Reuleaux triangle. The only shape other than a circle that cannot fit through its own hole! Sandwiched between 2 plates it will roll completely smoothly, just like a circle. Quite amazing. Remember the Wankel rotary engine in the old Mazda RX-8? Yep, the 'piston' was a Reuleaux triangle. Make a manhole cover out of a Reuleaux triangle and it can't fall through its hole either! And you can use them to drill square holes. Or any even sided polygon hole. Quite amazing. The drill bit to do this was patented a century ago.
@@machiningmoments Thank you for the square hole demonstration. I've never actually seen it done, so very interesting. Something a person would think is impossible - a square drill bit!? Who woulda thunk it!
Sorry for the slow reply. Great question, the cutting action is on the end of the drill and there is a starting hole so as long as the material to be cut isn't harder than the drill it shouldn't damage the drill. The drill floats on the x-y axis, the trick to the sharp corners is having on less cutting edges on the drill than corners required. Thanks for posting. Google rotary broaching.
Yes the process is the same but the die (or guide) is 6-sided. It is shown at the beginning of the video. Yes it will work on a blind hole but it does require a pilot hole. Thanks for your question.
75 years ago, when I was a lad, my father told me that ,in the machine shop of the shipyard where was manager he had a machine which drilled square holes. I was never sure if he was telling me the truth. Now I know - Thanks.
It would be great if one of those "ultra-slow-motion" UA-cam channels could get this on video. Witchcraft activities should always be captures in ultra-slow-motion video. ;) Anyway, thank you so very much for this video and greetings from Portugal.
Great vid, thanks for posting! This is a nice tool! It will cut blind holes, a situation in which broaching is difficult at best! The pilot is hardened tool steel and the triangular drill is very likely high speed steel. The cutting edges of the drill contact the surfaces of the pilot during use. How fast does wear occur?
I'm wondering how the "guide" doesn't damage the bit (and vice-versa)? And what if I wanted to drill a piece of metal that's 1/2" wider or 1" taller -- doesn't seem like that jig would work...
You are welcome. Although I'm told I sound like Jordan Peterson, I am not him. I wished I had his money though. ;) Thanks for watching and leaving a message.
By using a cutting tool with one less cutting edge than the sides of a triangle (two cutting edges) an triangle shape can be made. You would need a triangle shaped guide. It can also be done by hand.
I love the sentiment here but in our Engineer's heart of hearts we simply know we cannot truly call this drilling as it is not cutting the hole from single point of rotation.. I think you would actually call it offset broaching if you were honest with yourself. University of Wisconsin Platteville ME grad here, loving life as a project engineer sizing big-boy mechanical power transmission components. ..and no matter what an EE says, never run a VFD with a fluid coupling 😁 if you know you know!
The short answer is it depends on how hard the material is, like any drill the harder the material being cut the shorter the time between sharpening. the pilot or guide is hardened steel. The setup in the video has been around and in use for years. Thanks for your question.
This is very old, it was made by the Watts Brothers Company. I believe in Pennsylvania. They are still in business. You could try a Google search for them.
Amazing. I heard someone talking about this, and I thought they were joking. Your explanation of the process is perfect - easy to understand. So what is the square template/pattern made of - KRYPTONITE?
If the drill binded to what it was drilling, could it then start to cut the template? I’m thinking that it doesn’t cut the template because it’s able to bounce off of it. Does it eventually make the drill dull where it touches the template?
I've seen these before on YT, but never seen it being done "as it happens", and never held on of those cutting tools. Does the tool produce a specific size hole? So if you want a 10mm square hole, you but a 10mm tool, if you want a 12mm square hole, you buy a 12mm tool , etc etc?. Thanks for posting.
If you read through the comments, one of the viewers found a company in the US that makes these. Alternatively you could Google "Rotary Broaching". Thanks for watching.
Hi Jay, if you look through the messages below the video one of the viewers knew of a company that makes them. I believe it was Watts Brothers I think the were in Connecticut...somewhere in the Eastern USA. Thanks for watching.
This is a really old tool made by Watts Brother, I believe they are from Pennsylvania. It is my understand they are still in business. This is classified as rotary broaching.
The problem is this tool is very old, I'm pretty sure the company doesn't exist any more. If you Google "rotary broaching" there are modern tools that do the same job.
The cutter is obviously hard or hardened material, as I would assume the guide. How does this not destroy the cutter since both have to be equally hard. Also, what were you using to hold the work piece stationary in the fixture
Can we drill a rectangle using an extended version of this drill? Like for exemple rectangle with width of 5 and height of 10 milimeters? Improvement to the current design would eliminate the guidance template if we can have a stable center guidance drill. This can be achieved if our main drill/milling drill have inside another drill decoupled?
I've spent a working lifetime in engineering and have never come across or even heard of one of these before now. I'm seriously impressed, who manufactures them?
Hi George, I believe it was made by the Watts Brothers Company I think in Baltimore. Apparently they are still in business. If you read through old posts one of the viewers comments on this. Good luck and thanks for watching.
+Jon Lanier Like what? I want to drill a 1/4" square hole in mild steel that's about 5/8" thick. Slightly round corners Is not that big of a deal, I could use a file and maybe the square HSS tool blank to punch out square.
What do people use now-a-days to do the same thing? I mean I know there are tools that can get you square holes but not as easy as just drilling a hole in 2 seconds that's square as easily as a round hole. I'm pretty into tools and gadgets and its a hard for me to believe I missed an entire process of how to cut a small square hole in a couple seconds. LOL. I see these quare holle cutters for notching our like a perfect sing gang outlet hole but nothing like a 1"x 1" hole.
I mean.. that's a cool little bit, but what do you do when your material you want to drill into doesn't fit in that little slot like that flat stock aluminum you used? I'm also curious how this thing does against steel and how long before your square guide starts to wear out?
Interesting, close but no cigar for me. That's got to cost quite a bit. I need four 1" square holes in 1/8 thick aluminum plate. Still hoping to find a die to place on a press, this is a great tool, just not practical to buy.
Hola: esto es algo que parece novedoso, pero fue presentado en el año 1972, en la exposición de Fabricaciones de Maquinaria de Buenos Aires, donde se mostró una máquina que hacía agujeros cuadrados, triangulares, hexagonales etc.
Fantastic bit of kit. Is it as effective with steel? Can you give me the trade name of the jig and drill so I can get one please. Many thanks, Gordon, Australia
Been in engineering for years but never really believed you could drill a square hole.That is magic.
It is pretty neat. Tbanks for watching and leaving a message.
That's right, it goes in the square hole!
Yes, the drill follows the guide. Thanks for watching and posting.
@@machiningmoments lmao the square hole is a meme 🤣
Haha, some actress somewhere is devastated 😂
😂 My ptsd kicking in
Funny
HOW TO MAKE A SQUARE HOLE:
Step 1. Start with a square hole
HOW TO MAKE THE FIRST SQUARE HOLE
What came first, the square hole or the drill bit?
Uh that's how tools are made dude. The first tool is always the hardest, and was hand-made.
you can broach the first square hole
***** I mean broaching the first hole for the guide since you wouldn't be able to drill a square hole with out it
I have been a qualified production engineer and I must confess I have never seen drill that drill square holes. Thank you for adding to my education. When people ask me how to drill a square hole in metal I will now tell them. All I knew about was mortisers for wood. And to think I used to bribe out holes in metal, drill in each corner and then use a file after drilling a larger hole second. Brilliant !
I've done that also :) Glad it was helpful, I hope I learn something every day! Thanks for replying.
Man there is something for everything. Who ever came up with that little invention definitely had his thinking switch turned on. Thanks for the video.
agassizbeekeeper Thank you! I am often amazed by the things I find around the machine shop.
It's similar to a spirograph. Remember spirographs? Lots of CNC machining works on the same principal here. Multi axis FTW
He was in his refractory period after beating off.
I was one of your students at SAIT. Great video, you're a good man.
Same for me.
I wasn’t
@@kolbemckenzie406 me either
I just finished building the handrail on my deck ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxfQ5_mgwq6PcudJvAH25t-I4D-3cTPz4z and used this great little router to clean up the top rail before the final sanding and stain. It was light weight but packed lots of power. Either size battery didn't seem to make it top heavy and I'm a 64 yr old women so I really appreciated how easy it was to use...................... CORDLESS only way to go !!
It is neat. Thanks for watching.
IT GOES IN THE SQUARE HOLE
Best comment.. love to see her breakdown in the end. :-)
So how was the first square hole created before you had a square hole to create the square hole.
In the fixture? Likely machined, hardened, and ground.
Just like your sense of sarcasm lol
this guy..
chisel
There are many ways to create a square hole, wire or spark erosion for instance
Never seen one of these before,after 30 years bespoke machining!
Thanks for the vid really informative
Looks very expensive and not very durable. Might a prototype
no, watts brothers floating chuck
The things are the bane of my existence. I’ve used them hundreds of times to put a “drive hole” into the end of a hardened worm gear. We buy the gears set worm & rings and modify them. I’d love to perform the op in an annealed state but it’s not feasible. The end is about 45 Rockwell hardness. We insert the worm into a fixture that has a guide plate over the end. The pilot hole size is critical to make the drill work hard enough to get into the corners. Alignment and squareness of the head, adequate thrust, feed, speed and flood coolant are imperative. The Watts drill typically lasts one to three parts before resharpening. The drill takes two months to obtain or factory resharpen so we do it in house much of the time. Once you start the operation you have very little control over size, taper and corner sharpness so you cross your fingers and pray. Whenever I can I try to use a rotary broach instead but sometimes it’s just not doable because of the extreme thrust that op requires exceeds capacity of my equipment on large holes.
Thanks for sharing Karl, I'll bet it help with productivity at your place of work.
Hi Eddie thanks for your question, you are correct. The square size is dictated by the square so a 10mm requires a 10mm square die. The trick is the "floating" cutting tool needs one less cutting edge than the shape it is producing, in this case three cutting edges for four corners (square). If you Google "rotary broaching" you will find lots of examples. Thanks for your post.
Witch craft. Utter witch craft.
:) just physics
machiningmoments except no physics it math
I think you're all over thinking this.
courbes de lissajous
@technological reinovations There were some love in that craft by whatever creature should tool you use.
This is really interesting! I have a couple of quick questions. First, how come the guide doesn't quickly dull or damage the flutes on the bit? Second, Does the bit float anywhere along the x-y axis or does it move in a specific pattern?
I would love to see a high speed slo-mo shot of the bit's motion.
Anyway, really cool video, thanks for posting!!
Yeah, sorry they didn’t answer your question lol. Cool video tho
My Mom was the book keeper and shipping department for Watts Brothers Tool Works in Wilmerding PA for 27 years starting in the early 1950's. Her boss, Charles Watts, was the son of the inventor of this technology. They held a patent on the invention, which, as demonstrated in the video, consisted of a floating chuck, a special drill bit and a guide plate. Their customers mainly were Ingersoll Rand and ship builders for the military who needed to make holes in steel plates that were too thick to broach or punch a hole through. The company is still alive today. Side story...one of my Mom's coworkers won lots of bar bets claiming he could drill a square hole. He carried a bar of soap, a small floating chuck, a guide plate and drill bit with him...turned the drill bit with his fingers and drilled a square hole in the bar of soap.
@David-rx2to Thank you for this information David. I get a lot of questions about this really cool tool. That is a great bit of history!
What came first? The square hole drill or the square hole drill guide?
This looks like magic. Even though I watched an animation of how it works before I watched this video, my mind still couldn't comprehend how something spinning could drill a square hole.
Two things are happening, the drill has one less cutting edge than corners which forces it into the corners and the drive end is a floating eccentric.
So when the drill is cutting a corner, it isnt really spinning in one spot but it’s bouncing in and out of the corner?
Yeah, it would be great if one of those "ultra-slow-motion" UA-cam channels could get this on video.
Witchcraft should always be captures in ultra-slow-motion video. ;)
this proces should actually be made in one of those slowmotion 3D animation
If you had known the Reuleaux triangle, it wouldn't have been a surprise: a triangle exists with equidistances along the lines perpendicular to its perimeter boundary...
These are great. We used one for 3" square holes. Chief brought the set out of his office. Love to get one now.
They are handy for jobs such as your use.
Why youtube, oh why did you lead me here when I have finals
This tool in this video is a Watts Drill Bit and floating chuck, using reuleaux triangle method, made by Watts Brothers Tool Works out of Wilmerding Pennsylvania. They do not have a web site nor a online brochure or catalog that i can find. If you would like contact them you must google the company name. Good luck!
Thanks for that!
Thank you.
The bit is not "floating" its pivoting on a cam system. It's not spinning in a concentric circle. It's being forced off axis to make square cuts. It's expensive but effective.
That's right! It goes in the square hole! 😁
I knew these existed, but for most of my life, I thought they were a novelty, I had no idea you could actually buy one! NEat!
The ingenuity behind the person who first invented this. Amazing!
I agree it is pretty amazing. Thank you for watching.
This is a Reuleaux triangle. The only shape other than a circle that cannot fit through its own hole! Sandwiched between 2 plates it will roll completely smoothly, just like a circle. Quite amazing. Remember the Wankel rotary engine in the old Mazda RX-8? Yep, the 'piston' was a Reuleaux triangle. Make a manhole cover out of a Reuleaux triangle and it can't fall through its hole either! And you can use them to drill square holes. Or any even sided polygon hole. Quite amazing. The drill bit to do this was patented a century ago.
Yes it is, I remember the Wankel well. Thanks for the history.
@@machiningmoments Thank you for the square hole demonstration. I've never actually seen it done, so very interesting. Something a person would think is impossible - a square drill bit!? Who woulda thunk it!
Glad you liked it, I'm trying to capture old technology before it is gone. Thanks for being part of it.
Sorry for the slow reply. Great question, the cutting action is on the end of the drill and there is a starting hole so as long as the material to be cut isn't harder than the drill it shouldn't damage the drill. The drill floats on the x-y axis, the trick to the sharp corners is having on less cutting edges on the drill than corners required. Thanks for posting. Google rotary broaching.
Been a machinist for 20 years and didn't even think this was possible
@ap5194 it's pretty neat, and old technology. Thanks for watching the video and leaving a note.
Yes the process is the same but the die (or guide) is 6-sided. It is shown at the beginning of the video. Yes it will work on a blind hole but it does require a pilot hole. Thanks for your question.
I HAVE SEEN ALOT, & THIS IS NEW TO ME ! THANKS
Glad you watched, thank you.
Where can I purchase the drill press adapter for square holes and guides?
Hi Joel. Try Googling Watts Brothers Tooling Company. I believe they are in Pennsylvania. Thanks for watching.
Watts Bros Tool Works in Wilmerding PA
Yes, the drill is mounted on a morse taper so it will fit in the tailstock of most lathes. You would need to adapt the die to your headstock/chuck.
I wouldn't have thought anything like that would work but it did.
It is a neat process. Thanks for watching.
I really like the way it chooches.
75 years ago, when I was a lad, my father told me that ,in the machine shop of the shipyard where was manager he had a machine which drilled square holes. I was never sure if he was telling me the truth. Now I know - Thanks.
Great memory, thanks for sharing.
I've seen one of these before. Another Machinist friend of mine had one.
Whomever originally thought this up, was a genius...
It is a neat tool.
That's why the Ten Shin Han attack leaves a square hole in the ground, great detail Toriyama.
It would be great if one of those "ultra-slow-motion" UA-cam channels could get this on video.
Witchcraft activities should always be captures in ultra-slow-motion video. ;)
Anyway, thank you so very much for this video and greetings from Portugal.
That would have been cool, thank you for the suggestion. Hello from Canada.
I have absolutely no use for this but I want it!
It is a need concept. Thanks for watching.
Great vid, thanks for posting! This is a nice tool! It will cut blind holes, a situation in which broaching is difficult at best! The pilot is hardened tool steel and the triangular drill is very likely high speed steel. The cutting edges of the drill contact the surfaces of the pilot during use. How fast does wear occur?
I'm wondering how the "guide" doesn't damage the bit (and vice-versa)? And what if I wanted to drill a piece of metal that's 1/2" wider or 1" taller -- doesn't seem like that jig would work...
Now all i need is a nice square hole to start drilling a square hole
Chicken or egg thing :)
take note one is blind hole the other is not
difference between filing out a square hole and a quick drilling :D
thank you jordan peterson for this valuable information
You are welcome. Although I'm told I sound like Jordan Peterson, I am not him. I wished I had his money though. ;)
Thanks for watching and leaving a message.
This is truly amazing...genius actually. I'm floored.
It is pretty cool. Thanks for watching and leaving a message.
By using a cutting tool with one less cutting edge than the sides of a triangle (two cutting edges) an triangle shape can be made. You would need a triangle shaped guide. It can also be done by hand.
I love the sentiment here but in our Engineer's heart of hearts we simply know we cannot truly call this drilling as it is not cutting the hole from single point of rotation.. I think you would actually call it offset broaching if you were honest with yourself. University of Wisconsin Platteville ME grad here, loving life as a project engineer sizing big-boy mechanical power transmission components.
..and no matter what an EE says, never run a VFD with a fluid coupling 😁 if you know you know!
Hi Aaron this is absolutely rotary broaching! Thanks for watching and leaving a note.
The short answer is it depends on how hard the material is, like any drill the harder the material being cut the shorter the time between sharpening. the pilot or guide is hardened steel. The setup in the video has been around and in use for years. Thanks for your question.
Hi, is this suitable for drilling a square hole in marbles and granites, need your valuable feedback and conclusion
I need it where can I get it
This is very old, it was made by the Watts Brothers Company. I believe in Pennsylvania. They are still in business. You could try a Google search for them.
this was the only video i could find of the watts brothers floating chuck
It's an oldie!
A slow motion version of the the drill bit in action would be both exciting and educational to watch. Material clear acrylic plactic 1" thick.
Great tip! Thanks
I want a rotary broaching head so bad. It would be so nice to put my own larger torx drives in the plain headed pivots I use. Awesome jig too!
ive been in the trade since 83 and never saw that. thanks buddy.
I'm glad you saw something new! Thanks for your note.
Amazing. I heard someone talking about this, and I thought they were joking. Your explanation of the process is perfect - easy to understand.
So what is the square template/pattern made of - KRYPTONITE?
It is a neat process. The template is hardened steel LOL. Thanks for watching.
This is really cool! Never seen anything like it.
It's different, kind of neat! Glad you liked it, thanks for saying so.
Interesting. I'm wondering if you still get a radius on the corners of the hole though, I couldn't tell in the video.
There will be a small radius in the corner.
Slater Tools makes rotary broaches; they work very well.
One would need the square broach of the desired shape and what else from slater tools to make a square hole?
Thanks for your tutorial
Awesome example
I've learned something new
God bless you
Glad you liked it, thank you for posting.
what keeps the bit from eating the template?
The template is hardened.
magic
If the drill binded to what it was drilling, could it then start to cut the template? I’m thinking that it doesn’t cut the template because it’s able to bounce off of it. Does it eventually make the drill dull where it touches the template?
I was trying to find some where to buy these, with no luck. Are they a rare item?
I've seen these before on YT, but never seen it being done "as it happens", and never held on of those cutting tools. Does the tool produce a specific size hole? So if you want a 10mm square hole, you but a 10mm tool, if you want a 12mm square hole, you buy a 12mm tool , etc etc?. Thanks for posting.
It's an amazing idea, can you please tell me where can I find like this drill bit. Thank you
If you read through the comments, one of the viewers found a company in the US that makes these. Alternatively you could Google "Rotary Broaching". Thanks for watching.
Watts Bros Tool Works in Wilmerding PA
Would be fun to see a slow motion video of the process. I have some imagination how it might work, but I'm not fully certain.
That is a great idea. I'll try it next time I video it.
Would you give the name of the drill bit, holder, jig and where to purchase?
Hi Jay, if you look through the messages below the video one of the viewers knew of a company that makes them. I believe it was Watts Brothers I think the were in Connecticut...somewhere in the Eastern USA. Thanks for watching.
@@machiningmoments Thank you!
It has not been replaced in the time I have worked there (15 years) and it was used then. We only use it on soft material.
Neat! Nice tutorial. What is the finish of the resulting hole?
Anand Rajamani That is dependant on material, how sharp the cutting tool is, and cutting oil.
I wonder if the drill bit will float or articulate...
It moves off center.
A modernized version of the Passer Drill... very cool..
It is neat!
Where could one buy this tool or is it something made at home. It really looks well made. Thanks for the video.
Thats amazing!......what is this tool called, and where can one buy it?
This is a really old tool made by Watts Brother, I believe they are from Pennsylvania. It is my understand they are still in business. This is classified as rotary broaching.
Watts Bros Tool Works in Wilmerding PA
what if the panel i want to drill is much bigger than that fixture, am I out of luck ?
Thank you very much for the information, I really appreciate that.
Glad it was useful, thanks for leaving a message.
can you put a link in the description,where did you bought this tool pls?
The problem is this tool is very old, I'm pretty sure the company doesn't exist any more. If you Google "rotary broaching" there are modern tools that do the same job.
The cutter is obviously hard or hardened material, as I would assume the guide. How does this not destroy the cutter since both have to be equally hard. Also, what were you using to hold the work piece stationary in the fixture
Can we drill a rectangle using an extended version of this drill? Like for exemple rectangle with width of 5 and height of 10 milimeters?
Improvement to the current design would eliminate the guidance template if we can have a stable center guidance drill. This can be achieved if our main drill/milling drill have inside another drill decoupled?
The guide controls the shape. So I think if you had a rectangular shaped die (template) and the drill had enough travel off of center, it would work.
No you cannot drill a rectangle with this tooling. All sides of the square, hex, octagon, pentagon, or triangle must be the same length.
I've spent a working lifetime in engineering and have never come across or even heard of one of these before now. I'm seriously impressed, who manufactures them?
If you read down through the comments one of the viewers commented on the manufacturer at the Watts Brothers Tool Company.
Where does one find this awesome cutting tool?
Hi George, I believe it was made by the Watts Brothers Company I think in Baltimore. Apparently they are still in business. If you read through old posts one of the viewers comments on this. Good luck and thanks for watching.
@@machiningmoments thank you for the response! I'll start looking!!
Watts Bros Tool Works in Wilmerding PA
What keeps the drill bit from cutting the square guide?
The square guide is hardened steel.
That's way cool, but how much does one of those three-fluted bits and guide setup cost?
If you Google "rotary Broaching Tools" you should be able to find what your looking for and price.
O...kay. So, about $100 per bit (for the simpler ones), and about $900 for the holder.
Guess I'll stick with a drill and a saw.
Can you use the same idea and cut square or rectangle openings such as for an outlet and light switch
It requires the shape of the guide.
Yeah, I've been there! Glad you liked the process. Thanks for your note.
Amazing.
wow that's really cool
It is a neat process, thanks for watching.
This is absolute magic
:) not really but a cool concept.
That's pretty awesome!
It is! Thanks
still has rounded corners. Is this set up worth all the time? Seems other methods would be quicker.
+Jon Lanier One of several options I guess it depends on quantity required, broaching, EDM, or a punch press may give you nicer corners.
+Jon Lanier Like what? I want to drill a 1/4" square hole in mild steel that's about 5/8" thick. Slightly round corners Is not that big of a deal, I could use a file and maybe the square HSS tool blank to punch out square.
Where can these drill bits be bought. They are amazing!
You may have trouble finding this one, it's very old. If you Google "rotary broaching tools" you may have luck.
What do people use now-a-days to do the same thing? I mean I know there are tools that can get you square holes but not as easy as just drilling a hole in 2 seconds that's square as easily as a round hole. I'm pretty into tools and gadgets and its a hard for me to believe I missed an entire process of how to cut a small square hole in a couple seconds. LOL. I see these quare holle cutters for notching our like a perfect sing gang outlet hole but nothing like a 1"x 1" hole.
Watts Bros Tool Works in Wilmerding PA
11 years later someone puts this video link in an animated video of drilling square holes on reddit saying it's legit
Thanks, glad you stopped by.
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Great video, better person. My respectful regards
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I mean.. that's a cool little bit, but what do you do when your material you want to drill into doesn't fit in that little slot like that flat stock aluminum you used?
I'm also curious how this thing does against steel and how long before your square guide starts to wear out?
You would need to adapt the jig to suit your scenario.
I like 80% of this video ;)
100% of me says thank you.
Interesting, close but no cigar for me. That's got to cost quite a bit. I need four 1" square holes in 1/8 thick aluminum plate. Still hoping to find a die to place on a press, this is a great tool, just not practical to buy.
Yes it is neat to see but not for everyone. Thanks for watching. Good luck with the holes.
question. where you can buy the drill to make holes in metal. Thank you pedro hernandez
+Pedro Hernandez Google "rotary broaching"
hello! where I can buy this stuff for it to be sent to Brazil? aliexpress?
Try Googling "rotary broaching tools" you should be able to order what you need online.
Ola donizete , chegou encontrar algo? vi essa broca esses dias e estou procurando-a pra comprar.
Where can i get this drill bit and the chuck for it?
Google rotary broaching. I believe this one was made by Watts Brothers. I think they are in Pennsylvania.
@@machiningmoments I did search this but this type of drill bit and float chuck isn't shown. All the other bits are shown.
Did you make those cheap wing nuts?
Hola: esto es algo que parece novedoso, pero fue presentado en el año 1972, en la exposición de Fabricaciones de Maquinaria de Buenos Aires, donde se mostró una máquina que hacía agujeros cuadrados, triangulares, hexagonales etc.
+horacio rodriguez En realidad, la tecnología es antigua .
Sr, where can I buy a drill like that one? Let´s say, just te drill? Or the hold system?
Fantastic bit of kit. Is it as effective with steel? Can you give me the trade name of the jig and drill so I can get one please. Many thanks, Gordon, Australia
what is the sense of putting that circle guide?
It requires a starting hole, the guide keeps the drill on center.