My Welding Table Build | Drilling Precision Fixture and Clamp Holes With a Mag Drill Jig
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2021
- My welding table build project starts off with the most important part, the table top itself. In this video I go through great lengths to make the 5/8” - 2”x 2” whole pattern as precise as possible using a mag drill and a drill jig. It was a great undertaking where mistakes were made and lessons were learned, but was it worth it? It was for me; you decide if this DIY welding table build is right for you or something that should be avoided.
Leave a comment and tell me what you think about this welding fixture table.
Solid models of the drill jig and tabletop are available for purchase. Make a request by email at info@nubtools.com
Drills:
BOSCH CO2153 13/32 In. x 5-1/4 In. Cobalt Drill Bit (x2 one could last the whole job.)
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Champion Cutting Tool BlackGold XG12-39/64 Silver & Deming 1/2" Shank Drill: MADE IN USA x1
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uxcell Chucking Reamer 5/8", H7 HSS Lathe Machine Reamer 6 Straight Flutes, Round Shank
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HHIP 2007-0024 3/8 x 13/32 HSS 3 Flute Solid Pilot Counterbore
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Makita XTR01Z 18V LXT Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless Compact Router
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Router Bits:
Freud 1-11/32" (Dia.) Chamfer Bit with 1/4" Shank (40-104) Perma-SHIELD
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Amana Tool - 49493 - 49492 Carbide Tipped Corner Round 1/16 Radius x 5/8 Dia x 5/16 x 1/4" Shank
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This press has worked like a charm for my projects ruclips.net/user/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!!
This is why I come to RUclips! To watch crazy insane OCD people do unbelievable things that I would never dream of doing!
This guy is amazing and inspiring!
Suddenly my weekend hack project 1. Doesn’t seem so difficult, and 2. Will probably be a little more accurate due to what I just learned.
All I can say is thank you!
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I started out pretty similar situation. However I have a 4x4 table and I got to the second row and I couldn't take it anymore. So that project turned into a better idea and 40,000 dollars (and and very unhappy wife) later I purchased a Tormach 1100Mx. After 3 weekends playing around and learning a few tricks I had made a few new friends on the internet help rooms. One of the guys I had met had a Haas and after he had been over a few times he was very helpful and took my 4x4 1inch plate and drilled out the plate for me. So even now today we toss each other a few projects, I love the community for metal working!
Right on!
Just WOW! Perfect surface. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thanks for watching!
thank you very much
Wow! Even though you took the long way around, you were tenacious about getting there without cutting corners. people can always suggest easier ways to get a job done, but you might not have the equipment or even the budget to go the easier and or faster way. You got it done and I am sure it will serve you well. It also looks like you are just as tenacious about answering all the comments. Nice work.
Thanks Chuck!
это фантастика!!! супер!
Thank you!
Awesome job!
Brutal dedication to perfection! Great work!
Thanks!
Excellent job on the patience to do the job the most precise way you could. I would think all the extra steps made up a lot for any irregularities in the plate you used and made the table much more precise Awesome.
Amazing job!!!
Congratulations!
Thanks!
Reminds me of a project i did a few years back. Decided to put cove lighting on a set of 4 hexagonal structures being mounted 5inches below the ceiling. Used RGB led stips. Layed them in 1/2 inch C channel that was welded on top. Thought I was going to use quick connections. But they only come in 90 degree turns. Hexagonal is 120 degrees. This meant each strip required 5 wire's to be Sauder. In total just over 3,700 sauder connections were done. Took me 4 weekends. About 150 hrs in total.
I totally dig the effort, I too build as much as I can, that’s a table you would never part with, it’s personal. However, understanding the value in a bought table is apparent after seeing your effort. Good stuff!
Very creative work, thanks for sharing it with us 👍🏻
Thanks so much for watching. Hope to bring more.
Dude!!! You did awesome!!!
Thanks!
Hats off to you my friend for sticking at at and getting it done 👍🏻
Very impressed with the drill jig idea snd the use of the router hadn’t seen that done before
Thanks Peter!
that came out badass nice work!!
Thanks!!
It is so amazing and fine detail for your public show that
Thank you!
Nice job! Fine peace of art😎
Thank you!!
Your doing an awesome job
Thanks!!
Awesome job man! Love it! I need to build one one of these days.
Thanks! Go for it!
Thanks for watching
Certainly makes you appreciate CNCs. Nice work!
For sure. Thank you!
Nice Job! Well done👌
Thanks!!
Nice table. Good job!
Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
You won yourself a new subscriber!!!... I absolutely admire your patience!!! Thanks for sharing your great project!!! I'm jealous since I don't have as much patience! Please create more extremely high quality videos like this!... I'm watching out for more videos from you! 👍👍👍👍👍🤝🖐️🍻
Thank you! Hope to be bringing on new videos soon.
Great idea with the Drill Jig! Nice 10EE in the background too!
Thanks!
Way cool! I like the work flow. I have an old blemish fixture plate on my mill that I need to improve on. Your method looks like it could work! Keep up the good work
Thanks for watching!
Good job!
Thanks!!
Incredible dedication. First time viewer… excellent work!!
Thanks John!🙏
I loved every bit of this video. ❤️ I am new to welding and you are the bomb in my eyes!!!! Thank you so much. I will like and subscribe!!!
Thanks Eric! Good luck to your new path in welding!
Wow Excellent work beautiful bench
Thanks Arthur!
Very nice work.
Thank you!
Крутецкий столик!
WOW, you are one determined dude!! KUDO'S brother.
Determined! I like that. Way better than thick skulled and stubborn!
Thanks for watching!!
So, this is where Fireball Tool came up with their drilling guide! Amazing video!
I think for a normal person like me the best would be to send it to be laser/water jet cut to the almost final measurement and just do the reaming by myself. That I think would save me a lot of hours.
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I think that could be a decent option, it does get pretty pricey for that many holes, especially as you go thicker.
Amazing job 👍👍👍
Thanks!
Nice!
Thanks!
Awesome!
Thank you!
Never in a million years would I have guess you could use that router with standard carbide/wood bits. Looking forward to trying this on my next metal project. Great looking table. Lot of work.
Same here. I am thinking of all the past projects that it would have been useful on.
Thanks for watching!
I did not experiment on speed very much. My cordless Mikita goes to 5 and I had it on 4🤷🏻♂️
Since the bits I used were carbide tipped I could get away with higher speed but really I just don’t know if slower would have been better on tool life. The finish was excellent.
On depth of cut I went full depth right out of the gate. 1/16” 45deg chamfers on bottom, 1/8” radius on outside edge and 1/16” radius on top holes.
Tool life: Chamfer tool(Diablo from Home Depot) was the winner. Only used one. It did all 253 holes like a boss and started to show signs of wear at the end when doing the bottom outside edge.
It took two 1/8” radius bits to do the top outside edges. 1st bit did all the work and the second bit was a finisher that is still in great condition.
The 1/16” radius bit required 2 bit and it looks dang good but I will get one more before the project is completed for a final cleanup.
Thanks!
I will say, if I only wanted 45deg chamfers, I would consider strongly looking at the pneumatic chamfer hand tool that uses indexable carbide insert. You can find them on Amazon. I plan on getting one down the road. But on this project I was set on putting some radius corners, so the router was my choice for execution.
They are HSS like the drill bits!
Beautifully done! It turned out so nice it’s going to be hard to use it. Its going to get all scratched up and dirty.
Thanks! Oh I know😫 Like a new pair of shoes. I have already used it a couple of times even though the table isn’t made for it yet, and broke her in with a few scratches.
Great work mate.
Thanks Tony!
Nice job.
Thanks Steve!
Great job mate a lot of hard work but you have saved heaps if you had someone else do it for you love your channel 👍👍👍
And miss out on all this fun? Nah😂
You are probably right though, if you calculate the cost of my time. Thanks so much for watching!
very interesting
Sensacional ! Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho,pretendo fazer uma para mim e vou me inspirar nessa sua, achei magnífica e sabendo dos meus limites em termos de ferramentas é claro. Poderia me passar uma informação, qual a rotação que usou na tupia? E o que fez no tampo da mesa para ficar tão bonito? Obrigado e parabéns novamente, abraço do Brasil.
Beauty
Great job that looks super clean. Awesome. Just awesome new subscriber.
Thank you!!
way to go that was alot of work looks amazing i a had to sub keep up the great work thanks for the videos
Thanks!!
Great vid! I never thought these carbide router bits would work this well for chamfering steel.
(Btw, you got a new sub!)
Thanks! Me neither. Thanks for subscribing!
Hey Mr. Nub....... that is one sick fixture plate........you da MAN!!!!!
I have no idea how I got here, but I am staying for sure.....best wishes
from Orlando, Florida, Paul
Thanks Paul!! I hope to continue delivering.
Dave
I bought a 2' x 3' fixture table that seemed just a hair too thin to hold stronghand clamps without them kicking sideways a bit. My solution was to do this template/drill method to an inch thick section of Aluminium plate that measured 1' x 2'. I used a wood CNC to layout 1/4" holes on centers of the grid pattern and used a center punch through the template to mark spots for a mag drill setup with an annular cutter. Now I have a nice block for holding and welding on.
Nice!!
Tough work，well done！
Thanks! Tough for sure but very rewarding in the end. Thanks for watching!
Nice work and project! I’ll take one.
Thanks!
Sure amazing holes...
Excelente trabalho!!! Like+Insc.
Muchas gracias!
Very cool video, I need to drill more holes in my Welding table... Maybe I'll make a video but I dont think I will go this awesome
Thanks! Do it!
Nice work pal. If I were you, I would put my Mark on it!
Thank you! I will do that for sure.
Nice jobs friend 😍
Thanks!
That is a lot of work, Impressive. When you get 1st dent going to be tough. 2nd one not so bad.
Exactly
@@nubtools Watched Fireball make a table to .003" across it. The Music wire trick to leveling was Simple and Impressive.
Nice setup and taking the time.
If you want to save the time use a annular cutter. Had 245 holes done in 4 hrs thru 9/16
😂This seems to be the consensus. People seem to think time is important or something.
Thanks for watching!!
@@nubtools really want to save time? Design in CAD and have a laser cutter do it for you! It's cheaper than you'd think and it takes the guesswork out of it.... or buy one of the iron ones... they really aren't that bad!!
Beware!! You need a special annular cutter designed for stacked plates (in this particular situation), otherwise the slug+washer that the cutter creates in the first hole will prevent the teeth from biting into the second plate and you will need to remove this first slug to continue the cutting. The stacked plates cutters cut on the INSIDE instead of the OUTSIDE, so they create perfect cilindrical slugs, without the flat "hat". Other than that, yes, annular cutters is the way to go, moreover if you are RENTING THE MAG DRILL!
Yeah... as soon as I saw him pilot drill I heard the "oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no" song in my head! Great project nonetheless, but annular cutters will change your life!
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Thanks!
The table looks great and I could see it was definitely a lot of work. As I watched I was wondering if you could get away with more widely spaced holes. There wouldn't be nearly as many to drill out and the table would get done with much less labor involved. It seems to me that holes about 6" apart would work fine (at least for the types of things I have done). Or, maybe a hybrid where you have a small portion of the table with close spacing and the other part wider spacing.
It would be a huge step up for my home shop to have a fab table but I don't think I could justify the cost of buying one. Building one like you've done is more along the lines of my budget.
I’m so glad I went with 2” spacing.
Lookin pa nub
Really nice job! You have patience! I would of drilled 3 holes and scrapped the whole table..
Thank you! After about the 3rd hole I had to really dig deep and ask myself “are you sure you want to do this? It’s not to late to back out”.😂
I am so glad I stuck it out.
Holy cow you get a subscribe and a like for all your hard work WOW
👊Thanks for watching!
I'll sub. Im doing my own mag drill fixture table. Not nearly as gigged as yours but the 5/8 annular cutter has as a precision fit as your reamed holes with no need to swap 4 bit sizes.
ThaT being said, yours still looks amazing
Nice!!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks!
wish you luck
Thanks!
Why would you not use an annular cutter ? They are far faster and far less wearing than twist drills .
Great question. First, I was dead set on having a reamed hole and holding a very tight tolerance, second the rental mag drills available were all set up with drill chucks. You are absolutely right that angular cutters are a lot faster. Maybe it would have been possible to achieve as good of a hole using the same drill jig set up with them🤷🏻♂️.
Surprisingly all my drills had no problem lasting just fine all the way to the end.
Thanks for the comment! -Dave
We’ll done! I’ve started a similar project. I’m using a 16mm taper shank drill bit mounted directly into the mag drill. I’m not using a pilot hole and it’s working out fine. So there’s no chuck or bushings involved.
Nice! Thanks for sharing your cat skinning method. Good luck to you.
-Dave
Appreciate a guy that is prepared to go "back to basics"!... Not everyone can afford the most advanced tools/cutters available!... Doing a fantastic job with limited tools ticks my boxes more than someone relying on a CNC MACHINE to perform the job while you're just watching (and drinking beer during) the process!!! I honestly appreciate and respect the effort of my new RUclips creator!!!... Are there more effective ways of accomplishing the same result?... Most definitely!!!... Is it more satisfying to watch a CNC machine performing all the (same, automated) tasks autonomously?... Most definitely not!!!... If this exact same video was about a CNC machine creating this masterpiece, no one would have watched till the end!!!... (Would've been too boring!!!)
Hope to not disappoint but I am that CNC guy. More accurately an all of the above. My origins were in all the basics but I fully embrace the awesomeness of computer controlled tools. There is beauty in all of it.
Mamalona !!!! 👍👍👍
Thanks 🙏
@@nubtools i knew u gonna get it ! It’s super nice tho , how far apart you drill the holes
2” x 2”
Would live to see video and tips for welding two plates together. Nothing on the youtube covering that. Lots of people probably think about doing it.
My tip would be don’t do it if at all avoidable.
Thanks for watching!
I had my fixture drilled at the metal supplier in aus.
1500x750x12mm plate, with CNC drilled holes it was $125aud ($80usd) for the plate material and drilling/plasma cut to size.
I machine a lot of tedious tasks but for the precision and 2 day turn around paying the money was worth it. I will definitely use that carbide router step on the edges of mine now
That sounds great!
Thanks for watching!
@@nubtools your workshop looks pretty setup so far. Do you use many shop carts? I use so many in/out carts at the mill and belt grinder
Ausfalia has a lot of iron so its dirtcheap wholesale and great quality. But we don't manufacture cromo or cold rolled much which sucks
It’s getting there. I have one main cart that use. That does stink about not having much cold rolled steel.
Hi, I'm in Aus, can you tell me where you got that done? That price is great.
@@stevewilson1004 I don't even know the name of the shop, they just sell plate steel and I ordered the largest size that fit in their mill.
Its down pt road in SA, I'd have to drive there or hunt on maps to find it. I regret not buying 4 of these fixture plates at once though
D8 sander would be good for the surface prep to remove mill scale. Though I’d probably start with sand blasting then use a D8 sander.
I’m doing something similar but with 1/2” plate and making an L shaped guide jig.
Annular cutters works so much better, but your fit using the reamer is very nice.
Cool. Sandblasting would have been way better or using vinegar soaked rags maybe.
DA sander to finish. Good luck on your project!
@@nubtools I really like your attention to detail. Still watching. Used mag drills a lot when I was a fabricator. Always looking for a used one, curious how much rental was? TY
I think it was in the neighborhood of $80/ day. The trick was renting it at the end of the business day on Friday, then not having to bring it back till Monday morning for the same price.
@@nubtools that’s good info. Just finished watching, subscribed and looking forward to your channel. The surface grinding really stepped up the overall finish. Blew me away with the router use, wouldn’t have dreamed the cutters would hold up to steel at that RPM. Well done.
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Re: surface coating. Just thinking, you might simply blue the surface with gun bluing. It's cheap, can be re-blued easily for touch-up inexpensively and will certainly control corrosion. It offers good conductivity for welding. Just an idea. Good luck with whatever you decide, just give us that follow-up please...
I will be having the top black oxide treated. Very similar to the gun bluing.
Man. That tables to nice to weld on now. Lol.
I like this idea.... maybe dual sided weld crap on one side flip it over and have a primo top for accuracy in set up
Your transformer welding table idea is very interesting! Like rotisserie style?
Thanks for watching!
Came across your video. Nice job! I'm a newbie who has that mag drill and looking to use annular cutters. Seems I'm going to need to get a new chuck to accept Weldon Shank cutters. If anyone on here can set me straight on what I need, I'd love to hear it. Of course, new subscriber 😁🤙
Thanks! You might check the manufactures website or eBay for the adapter.
I was going to do something like this, the bushing plate is a real nice touch. I was going to do slats and lay out with a caliper, but yeah.. those mag drill chucks are kind of wobbly in that sds or whatever it is. I wonder how it would come out with a anular cutter (optimal IMO)... but with this economy the project is on hold lol. I was also wondering about the battery powered router on steel plate
Thanks! Using an angular cutter would still make one great table.
Thanks for watching!
Drill halfway through the plate from the back side and plug welded to help keep the plate from the delaminating when you start welding you're putting a lot of heat into it
That would be an option for sure and I had considered that but for a few reason I chose not to. I didn’t show it in the video, but the two plates are pinched and welded together inside all 18 bolt holes and many other fixture holes have the seam fused together before I had the plate precision ground. This was not Ideal at all and quite terrible. I should have cut my losses and ordered a solid piece but at the time it was not in the budget. I don’t see the table getting that hot to cause issue and I plan on having risers made for many applications but we shall see, the bullet is down range now.🤷🏻♂️
Thanks so much for watching!
@@nubtools well make sure to release a video on it 6 months or a year down the road so we figure out how well it went
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You do nice work, the drill fixture is a work of art . I used to work with this older guy Danny and he did a lot of the lay out work on the flat sheets and he would always use long steel rules 36 inch 0r 48 inch or a folding ruler to lay out his work , I dont know if I ever saw him use a tape measure ... my point is he was spot on every time, and you remind me of Danny
Hey thanks man!
Agree with previous comment regarding annular bit. Some other guy did the same thing like this. But all this stuff regarding how it looks….is approaching “mall ninja” type…….. To spend so much time on drilling uniform holes….and then going back in with a router….
I subscribed to your Channel strictly because of this Video! I Love seeing other people who are as OCD as I am about doing something to the absolute Best of your ability, and budget.
Yes it may have taken a long time to finish it, but you know in your mind it was done correctly, not to mention that you gained a lot of experience along the way.
I Love the Drill Jig, and the Bushings, Excellent Idea!
I will be watching some more of your Videos today.
Thanks for taking us along for the ride, and keep up the Great Work!
What can I trade in my 5 Bonus Points for? since I made it to Super Star status all the way to end. LOL
Thanks Phillip! Congratulations on earning 5 bonus points! You may use them however and wherever they are accepted.😂
Thanks for watching!
@@nubtools 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That looks pristine! Any coating needed? Some of my blanchard ground tooling was rusting and pitting until I sent them for black oxide.
Thanks! Well, for right now WD-40 is her friend. My plan is to have it Black Oxide finished which will still require some oiling from time to time but not as bad as bare metal. My shop is climate controlled and rust is not something I deal with fortunately. Thanks for the comment and for watching!
Flip the clamps ding dong !!
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Good job
Beautiful job. Would have liked to have seen 4 shoulder stops installed and checked for 90 end to end.
Thanks!
Over time you may not appreciate the tolerance you created in that setup. A small amount of heat and those pins may not come out easily. Table looks great, good process, and will be a good tool for future projects.
Only time will tell. I am getting what I asked for right or wrong 😆
Thanks for commenting and watching!
@@nubtools I did a very similar table last year and made the holes 0.630 instead of 0.625 (5/8"). My clamps use 5/8 standard fixtures and they are nice and tight still. Something to consider if you find your holes are too tight. You can just ream them out the extra 0.005
Cool, good to know, thanks for the tip! So far it’s been super great.
DAMN!
What I learned from you is that I should just save up and buy a fixture table 🤣🤣🤣 I don't have that level of patience 🤣
🤣 Glad I could help. 👊
Thanks for watching!
Just found your channel and really enjoyed the series on your table build. I'm currently debating building my own table vs. going with a kit or pre-made. Don't know if you've thought about this but there may be a market offering your hole jig for sale through your site. You could make a kit out of it including the guides and reamer or links to purchasing them. Having a CNC machine to mill them fairly quickly and accurately would save us all a bunch of lay out time and repeatability.
Thanks for watching Dutchmann! I have been thinking about this and may have something to offer in the near future. It will be a simplified version and probably will be intended for the use of an angle cutter. If you’ve read through some of my comments people are more inclined to go that route. The way I did it is not favorable for most peoples palettes. Understandably so.
@@nubtoolsYes if you mean other than twist drills such as an angular multi toothed bits, I agree. They're very accurate and last much longer than twist drills and are really what mag drills were developed for.
Oh wow, still under 1k subs?! Video production value was excellent! Stubbed!
Wow thanks a lot! I am fresh out of the gate, hopefully I’ll get there soon and continue to improve. Thanks!
Hole E cow
Congratulations
What a great job...
It looks too nice to use.
Boy did you scare me every time you brushed off the metal chips without gloves
Thanks!
I know exactly what you were going through with drilling your holes; I did the same with my welding table, 1" thick x 38" wide x 96" long!! About half way through I had to ask myself why am I doing this!!
😱dude! 😂Right on💪.
Thanks for watching!
What was your spacing?
Somehow your second comment disappeared, if that was on my end on accident sorry. Curious to what it said.
It disappeared again 🤷🏻♂️ 🧐
@@nubtools just sent you an email
@nubtools there is a YT channel called origins of precision, they’re pretty good! The first flat surface was made with three surfaces that are spin lapped against each other. A & B need to take turns with C so that there is no cupping. After that, you can get straight edges. Once you’ve got a straight edge, you can get perpendiculars through measurement and after you’ve got straight perpendiculars you can rotate these on a lathe and reproduce just about anything. A mill is just a standing up lathe!
Cool!
Do you mean the YT channel called "Machine Thinking" which has videos titled "Origins of Precision"? It's very good 😃👍
A rotary broach used in your mag drill would make it a one step drill process with chamfering the only additional step necessary. Good jig.
Cool. Thanks!
Thats an interesting way of doing it.We are working on one now. I made a fence, did 3” OC holes, I made tapered reamed holes on a 3” center that the mag drill centers on the guide. We are using a 5/8 annular cutter in our mag drill, .625 gauge pin fits perfectly. What did the Blanchard grinding set you back? Nice 10EE btw, I have 1939 10EE myself.
Thanks! It’s sounds like a good plan you got there. I had a buddy deal on that grinding for $100. Which was super cheap for the some they had in it because it was done on a surface grinder.
Later in the project I had the top plate bottom side and the top of the frame Blanchard ground at a different shop for $185. Not a buddy deal and yet still a fantastic price. The Blanchard grinders require so much less machine time.
Cool on your EE. Mine is a 1951 model I believe.
Nice work just gained a sub, I want to make a table also but with out a accurate template as of yet it will be difficult, i have the mag drill and have a few surface steel plates I want to convert for a table, problem with them is they have support structures under on the bottom that could be a problem drilling or getting around.
So the drill bit is a bit small and the reamer does the finishing touch for the correct hole size?
Very cool
That’s correct on the drill and reamer. Good luck on your table build. Thanks for watching!
true craftsmanship. did you do the template yourself? Why not use hougen annular type cutters with wedon shank? Not precise enough?
Thanks you! Yah I made the jig. Hard headed machinist. An angular cutter would have worked great.
Great project. How many hours did you have in it? I think if I were going to do this project I would see about getting a custom step bit made. Reducing bit changes every hole would have save hours.
I don’t remember but it was a lot.
Nice work on your tabletop where did you get your stops at
Thanks, Fireball tool is where I purchased my work stops.
Very nice work!
I am looking at doing the same thing and have a few questions.
Did you go with removable bushings over press fit to save money? I can see having to switch out the bushing between holes adding a lot of time.
Did you use bushings 3/4" long or less to create chip clearance?
Was there a reason you used a drill bit and reamer over a annual cutter?
Thank you for your time
Thanks! Cost and function drove my decision of which it’s been so long I don’t remember.😂
Absolutely a beautiful job and finished table. One question: Would an annular bit and a simple hole jig have worked and then just polished the hole with a stone or emery cloth, done the job? Do you feel that may have compromised the project?
Thx
Thanks J.W. ! Check out some of the comments where I have answered this question in detail 6 ways from Sunday😁
But simply, for my desired out come yes I feel it would have compromised the projects goals for me. I think I am alone on this.😂
Dave
Sorry, mia culpa...I didn't go through all the comments (I think there were 73)
Mmm, cause I'm lazy. lol. I'll go back and hunt down the answer.
Thx for the reply!
😂 I don’t blame you