Pillar Drills

[BaDaBooM]

I often find that once you own a tool you find a lot of uses for it, but £130 is a lot to drop on a tool that might not get much use. I think the eBay route might be the way to go if that's the benchmark for something new worth having :/

You can find a great bargain on ebay for a used quality one. If you look at the reviews for the silverline one its a let down even at £60.

 

[RicModMaker]

You've got me looking now. I've been struggling with a drill press for a while and its starting to get annoying. Tell me, if I got a half decent pillar drill, would I be able to mill on it? I've got a 4 axis vice but this stupid drill of mine moves all over the place.

 

[blademansw]

You've got me looking now. I've been struggling with a drill press for a while and its starting to get annoying. Tell me, if I got a half decent pillar drill, would I be able to mill on it? I've got a 4 axis vice but this stupid drill of mine moves all over the place.

The quill on a drill press is not designed with the side loads encountered in milling in mind. Furthermore you do not have locking collets which stop the tooling coming loose when milling.

I would not recommend it for safety's sake.

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[RicModMaker]

The quill on a drill press is not designed with the side loads encountered in milling in mind. Furthermore you do not have locking collets which stop the tooling coming loose when milling.

I would not recommend it for safety's sake.

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Thanks for the info. So this new vice I've got is blooming useless to me :-(

 

[sparkyjuice]

Thanks for the info. So this new vice I've got is blooming useless to me :-(

Not necessarily you can index around to space drill holes


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[RicModMaker]

Not necessarily you can index around to space drill holes


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Reckon I need a decent pillar drill though. Keeping my eye on eBay ;-)

 

[BaDaBooM]

That vice on a pillar drill is very useful Seedy in so many ways. You want have to reposition the vice all the time.

 

[Diche]

You've got me looking now. I've been struggling with a drill press for a while and its starting to get annoying. Tell me, if I got a half decent pillar drill, would I be able to mill on it? I've got a 4 axis vice but this stupid drill of mine moves all over the place.

Well at least you are at the other end of the country so you won't be nicking my ebay bargains lol

 

[RicModMaker]

Well at least you are at the other end of the country so you won't be nicking my ebay bargains lol

I might have to travel for it. Not many bargains down here.

 

[Diche]

I might have to travel for it. Not many bargains down here.

Well if you spot anything good up here I don't mind picking it up and bringing it to vapefest for you, once I have mine of course