Drill Press Cross-Feed Table

[Clintock]

Smart ass. Reckon that’s why you once owned a machine shop and don’t anymore.

 

[Jims1025R]

I too am negative about milling in a drill press. The morse taper chuck may jump out when you're not expecting it (which will for certain break the end mill, probably damage the work, and could send bits at you. And these compromise devices are really a compromise for any machining in metal. Add to that, most drill presses do not have a hand wheel down feed, nor a lock for the vertical axis.

Try really hard to look for another solution to your needs - like a modest milling machine (even a round column one) which will mill, and drill - even better than the drill press!

There are some tools which are offered for sale, and sound like a good idea, but just are not. The fact that you can buy it does not mean you should!

 

[4570Man]

DISK sander/grinder... not a belt. Belts don't sand flat/straight; disk sanders do. READ.

Or you can goober you're DP and have 2 projects...

A disk sander eats faster on the outside edge though. It could work but you’d have to be careful not to taper the piece.

 

[4570Man]

I don't care what you paid or didn't pay for a milling machine. I don't have room for a milling machine, I don't have three-phase power or a rotary phase converter. Why did you bother to comment if you have no information of any use? Just driving through and thought you drop a snarky comment? Noted...

They make bench top single phase milling machines that would still be a heck of a lot better than a rigged up drill press.

 

[BukitCase]

Here ya go, "boss" - small size, big enough for your job, under your budget -

https://www.micromark.com/The-Cool-Tool-Unimat-MetalLine-6-in-1?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3urpkfyO9AIVJRvnCh0KugQ7EAQYASABEgJy1PD_BwE

Betcha STILL can find sumthin' to ***** about...

 

[LD1]

Someone with as much knowledge as him, and a former machine shop owner....makes me wonder why the h3ll he is asking the question in the first place

"Hey, I am a professional machinist and owned several mills and lathes...but can you all advise me on the best way or home-owner, amature hick up my drill press".

And if I don't like what you say....I'll pound my chest about how great of a machinist I am.

Im out.

Good luck. (I don't really mean that)

 

[dadohead]

A disk sander eats faster on the outside edge though. It could work but you’d have to be careful not to taper the piece.

I served my apprenticeship and worked as a journeyman patternmaker at CAT in the 80's. A disk IS the tool to straighten a metal edge. You don't just shove it up to the disk. The workpiece is started with only several inches on the disk and then lightly slid across... much like feeding wood stock into a jointer. It doesn't take long to learn to straighten stock without cutting a taper.

Done with this thread... this guy is a tool.

 

[BukitCase]

Nah, CAN'T be; I actually LIKE tools...

 

[LD1]

Done with this thread... this guy is a tool.

 

[Tinhack]

At one point in my life, I owned a machine shop. It had multiple CNC mills, a Bridgeport, a Hardinge toolroom lathe, an EDM, a complete sheet metal fabrication area, and a plastic injection molding machine. The CNC machine tools were high precision and with careful setup and control, parts were regularly made with +0 / -0.0001 inch accuracy. I think I know the difference in how machine tools and drill presses work and why. I'm not trying to make repetitive movements, hold locations, surface milling, or hold precision tolerances. This isn't true machine work.

I can make my metal bandsaw hold tolerances of 0.003 with 12 parts having a miter cut at each end. You'll have to take MY word for the fact that I know what I need to accomplish this task and you don't.

Why are you being so arrogant? And why are you asking on a Tractor Forum?