Restoring a 1940s Craftsman Drill Press - Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Continuing the restoration of the 1940s drill press by moving my attention to the table. It's got some marks in it. Should be easy enough to remove on the milling machine. I solved the challenge of work holding by making some clamps but ran into another problem I had to solve.
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Great job, thanks for sharing.
Thanks. Your Pratt & Whiney seems deliver never ending projects!
Gday Greg, I find with my bandsaw as soon as the blade dulls of a little it tends to drift off in the cut, new blade fixes the problem, the clamps worked great, thanks for sharing, cheers
Thanks for the info. I've got a new blade coming, hopefully that'll fix it up.
Drill looks great , the finish on the table is more than adequate for the application.
Yeah, but something tells me I won't leave this alone. LOL!
Hello Greg,
An enjoyable video, thank you. I liked the homemade clamps, they did a good job.
Take care.
Paul,,
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching, Paul.
I have to be honest I wasn't sure this was going to work but I'm glad it did. I find fixturing work pieces fascinating. Lots of folks don't know how to do anything that doesn't fit in the vise. I really don't understand why folks don't or won't subscribe to a channel makes no sense to me 🤔
Not sure about the whole subscriber thing either. Maybe the channel just hasn't found it's audience. 🤷🏼♂️ These videos get recommended by some secret algorithm. Personally, I subscribe to a lot of channels, mostly because I crave good content. I don't watch that much regular TV, mostly RUclips. If I sub to a channel, there is a 99% chance I watch 99% of the videos when they get published. And I often binge watch older ones of new discoveries.
@@MyLilMule I also watch very little TV but have subscribed to lots of RUclips channels. Some I watch everything others I tend to pick and choose. From what I know the YT metrics are based not just on views but viewers interactions. Its why I like to comment on newer channels, plus you do get more interaction than you can from a popular channel. Some of the larger channels will pin a negative comment (DiResta as an example) and that drives more comments from the loyal channel followers.
@@mabmachine I comment if I feel like I am adding value. Like you, I comment to smaller channels way more. Guys like Diresta make good content, but Diresta is all about Diresta and nothing more, really. I liked his channel from years ago before he got so commercial. But that's what happens when you turn YT into a full time gig and then Google changes how they pay creators. I have no delusions about my channel. I do it because I enjoy it, not because I want to quit my day job!
A good blade on a crappie saw works better than the opposite.
The press build is looking good.
Cheers
Hopefully the new blade is all I need.
Nice fixturing there Gregg. The Powermatic 1200 will need some attention, but has to later on. Been scrolled this morning by my dear friend / customer "When will we see the 55 Chevy interior" (@@)!
Have been putting it on the back burn too long, so will have to pause on that restoration and get his knocked out 👍🤔😁
Gotta pay the bills! You've made a lot of progress on it. No reason you can't take a short break.
I'm amazed that your clamps held that table securely enough to allow you to use the fly cutter...live and learn...great job MLM
I grabbed the table and pulled on it pretty hard. It didn't budge at all. I was pretty sure it wasn't going anywhere.
Nice .. got to love the job that needs tools made to do the job.. the table looks good.
Thanks. I think it could be a little better.
Got yourself a nice addition to your clamping tools. Sure you will find additional uses for them. Thanks for the look.
You never know. I'll keep them in the toolbox just in case.
I think for a drill press tabele, you don't need a mirror finish. It will make it too slippery.
Always nice to find a hold down solution. Good one:)
Yeah, that's true, but it sure would look pretty. I'm still not all that happy with the finish. But it's going to be used, so it'll get scratched up in due time.
Awesome job. I also have those two dial indicators to help me travel to head on my Christmas list. I will do everything in my power to not have to take my vise off lol
Yeah, that tool from Edge Technologies is pretty sweet.
Mine tracked right too. The blade needs to be tighter to fix it.
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Looks like a possible tension issue to me in the blade. I have an old jet that was doing the same thing and if you look at the video the deflection happening may be the overall issue. Sadly it would be a bad blade and tension too.. I love/hate bandsaws
I know what you mean about having a love/hate relationship with them! I checked the tension when it started. It was pretty tight and where I usually keep it. I'm going to replace the blade and see if that is what it was.
Sounds funny but could you have put the entire drill press up on the mill bed? Just wondering if there was a benefit to making sure the column and bed were perpendicular?
I don't think that I could even get it to fit, plus there would have been much benefit. It's not a precision machine, so if it's less than .020" out of square, you'd never notice. Plus, I doubt it was ever that precise. I put way more work into it that it is probably worth, but I wanted to start with a clean slate, so to speak.
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Thanks for watching!
LOL "bozo mark." Now that you have made it look fancy again, you are going to have to be careful with it. Instead, the first thing you should do it drill a "mistake" hole in it, so you can relax a bit. Ha! Just kidding. Looks great! I wonder if you increased your RPM's if you would have a finer finish with that fly cutter.
The fly cutter is so off balance that increasing the rpms would likely make it worse. But, the most important parameter is feet per minute - how fast is the cutting edge moving across the part. I use an app "FSWizard" on my phone. I just plug in the diameter that the fly cutter is making as a single insert cutter and it calculates RPM and feeds.
should always try to chock up your spindle
Yes, but this is a Bridgeport. It's rigid as hell. I'd had that spindle all the way out and never experience chatter. It's made to be able to do that.
@@MyLilMule you'll still get defection in the spindles/quill no matter what bridgeport you have. I've ran serval over the years from manual to Nc control to trax mill. more you choke it up more rigid and better surface finish you'll get.
@@Bigolepally Maybe in some cases. For this, it's not going to be an issue. We're talking soft cast iron and maximum DOC of .005". Even if it does deflect, it's not going to be noticeable or likely measurable with typical shop metrology tools. But you do make a fair point. Appreciate the input and I will definitely keep that in mind.