Todays shop time.

[bigtiller]

Kind of a discouraging day in the shop. Got my nuts in a vise.....
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Terry

Me too.

 

[Big Barn]

Got inspired reading Jeepnford's welding table thread over on the welding forum.

BuckitCase showed a great way to utilize a mag drill for drilling pieces without enough surface area for secure contact. I decided to use my $20 garage sale cheap import drill press for a base.





Terry

 

[daugen]

Got inspired reading Jeepnford's welding table thread over on the welding forum.

BuckitCase showed a great way to utilize a mag drill for drilling pieces without enough surface area for secure contact. I decided to use my $20 garage sale cheap import drill press for a base.

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Terry

that's an impressive drill, how does it work? Almost looks like a mortising machine

 

[Big Barn]

that's an impressive drill, how does it work? Almost looks like a mortising machine

daugen, in a nutshell from the Hougen website:

"A magnetic drill is a specialized portable power tool used for drilling holes in steel and similar metals. • They are used on the job site or in the shop. • Also referred to as a mag drill, portable base. drills, portable drill press."

Terry

 

[BukitCase]

Terry, you sly dog - looks like I'm not the ONLY one that's been busy this summer :thumbsup:

Now you know why I mentioned lookin' for a dead table model DP in that other thread

Yer NEXT project (if you haven't already done it) is a receiver mount for yer mag drill mount so you can MAKE the mess where you can clean it up easier (hint - a magnetic pickup of some sort can be your friend, as long as you stick to makin' holes in FERROUS materials)... Steve

 

[Big Barn]

Terry, you sly dog - looks like I'm not the ONLY one that's been busy this summer :thumbsup:

Now you know why I mentioned lookin' for a dead table model DP in that other thread

Yer NEXT project (if you haven't already done it) is a receiver mount for yer mag drill mount so you can MAKE the mess where you can clean it up easier (hint - a magnetic pickup of some sort can be your friend, as long as you stick to makin' holes in FERROUS materials)... Steve

That's the plan, Stan.

 

[Rustyiron]

Another great idea!!
You organized guy's pizz me off:laughing: I have a disorder that forces me to pile up chit on any horizontal surface asap.
Right now my lovely 4x10 welding table is on average 8" deep therefore most of my projects get built on saw horses, ( have a small heard of them) you can only pile so much on a 6" wide surface, very easy to clean up

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Terry, you sly dog - looks like I'm not the ONLY one that's been busy this summer :thumbsup:

Now you know why I mentioned lookin' for a dead table model DP in that other thread

Yer NEXT project (if you haven't already done it) is a receiver mount for yer mag drill mount so you can MAKE the mess where you can clean it up easier (hint - a magnetic pickup of some sort can be your friend, as long as you stick to makin' holes in FERROUS materials)... Steve

Can you post a picture of your mag drill/drill press setup please?

P. S. I hate both of you a little bit.

 

[BukitCase]

Luke, there's a few here

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/welding/386590-welding-table-build-6.html

and a couple on the next page; when I get more time I might start my OWN thread instead of sidetracking another one

Meantime, here's a few showing the basic parts - 12" piece of 10" channel, added some pieces of FB to get more pull from the mag drill's magnets, then flattened the surface on the mill.
The vise is a Wilton reversible
Amazon.com: Wilton 145 45, Reversible Mechanics Vise-Swivel Base, 5-1/2-Inch Jaw Width, 6-Inch Jaw Opening, 3-3/4-Inch Throat Depth: Home Improvement
But any normal one would work for this - my table bolts on in place of the fixed jaw. If you want accuracy it helps if you weld the jaw piece on as perpendicular to the top surface as possible, and the 1/2" thick face lets you counter bore so those screws don't interfere.

Making the table that wide lets me use vise grips and angle scraps for "stops" when I'm making multiple pieces I want all the same (pics in JeepnFord's thread)

Any other questions I'll be glad to answer, this thing just kinda "evolved" so I probably forgot to mention a few dozen OTHER things ... Steve

Here's some of the stuff I do with the "MDVT", I call 'em my "tinker toys" - all 2" receiver material, 1/4" wall - I buy the 2.53" tubing for females and standard 1/4" wall 2" tube for inserts. I probably have a few more than the pics show, whenever I can't come up with a combo of pieces that'll do what I need, out comes the saw/drill/welder :licking:

They all fit any/several of the 7 receivers I added to the FEL bucket on the old 580B, as well as any normal vehicle receiver if necessary - the receiver tube in the vise with a cutter in the hole doesn't show the OTHER end of that tube, which has a piece of scrap 1/2" FB clamped in it as a depth stop - so I can make any number of males at a time, and have ALL of them drilled in exactly the same distance from the end. This guarantees that ALL the pieces will fit ANY of the others, even if you flip one over.

The last couple pics are moving a downed tree (everything but the roots) - 2 of the 4' tubes (with 45* adapters) inboard act as "bale spears" to help lock the crown of the tree into the bucket, then the 2 6' tubes get a tow strap wrapped around the tree, which gives a "triangulation" for lift and stability. I moved that tree out of my neighbor's yard and about 100 yards down to my burn pile in one trip...

 

[daugen]

daugen, in a nutshell from the Hougen website:

"A magnetic drill is a specialized portable power tool used for drilling holes in steel and similar metals. They are used on the job site or in the shop. Also referred to as a mag drill, portable base. drills, portable drill press."

Terry

I'm definitely learning something here, thanks. Never worked in a machine shop, which I regret,
so this is an electric drill designed for drilling metal only?
Could you explain what does the magnetic part have to do with drilling metal? Drive motor different? Non-sparking?

Appears to be a production (vs construction) metal drill, but why a better drill than my drill press? Am guessing this is just for bigger diameter holes on the go.

I'm sure you can pick up a Kobalt variety for 39 bucks at Lowes, right?

Now that I just learned how to weld, and I had to drill through some thick steel on a recent project, thankfully on a piece that I could first drill on the drill press,
slowly with cutting fluid, and weld second.
This definitely caught my eye, though it looks like something you bring home from work...
Drew