Robert, very nicely restored pillar drill! Hopefully you'll be able to pass it down to children/grandchildren, et al., like it was passed down to you. Thumbs up!
Good job Robert, it’s really nice having pieces of machinery that have a special history for us. I’m sure that the Ixion will keep providing good service in the years to come. 👍👍
@@paulhewitt1488 Thank you. It amazes me that it's taken a lifetime to find out how it works! I could have been using this thing 50 years ago if I'd have worked it out!
Great video and what an awesome piece of simple engineering. Thanks for the great explanation and showing of the moving parts. It's like a very sensitive drill press.
How well it works, and how quickly it drills, man and machine in perfect harmony, good restore and a thing of beauty and useful as well! Phil "Phil Whitley, my week this week" on RUclips!
@@ThePottingShedWorkshop well yes I guessed that! My late friend had a big wall mounted hand operated drill, and I have a bench mount two speed model, but both had the rachet wheel for downfeed with the centre pivoted arm and a pawl pushing the downfeed wheel down, nowhere near as sophisticated as yours, I can tell you that even as a youngster they were hard work! Phil
Thank you Robert for that insightful little video. It looked like it was a fun restoration project for you.... And made in Germany of course....Look forward to you next video👍🏻
@@GenauMann Yes, made in Germany, quality engineering! The restoration would have been difficult to film - how do you control the camera when you're up to your armpits in greasy solvent?😁
@@hilltopmachineworks2131 That's an interesting thought. It might work for fine threaded taps but the gearing is a bit fast for anything over, I'd guess, 20tpi. The flywheel inertia might be a bit much for a really fine tap. Maybe I'll give it a go!
@@hilltopmachineworks2131 Bit of an update on this. I drilled a 5mm hole in some aluminium, then tried an M6 x 1.0 tap. The drill height needed adjusting on the pillar and in common with most round column machines the precise location of the spindle gets lost, so it might not have been dead centre, but was pretty close. The drill had to be cranked on the low speed drive but it cut a thread fine!
@@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5 You're kidding, right? It's hand cranked. The gearing means there's less torque available at the vice handle than there is at the hand crank! If it's precision I'm after, I'd use the mill and its DRO.
Robert, very nicely restored pillar drill! Hopefully you'll be able to pass it down to children/grandchildren, et al., like it was passed down to you. Thumbs up!
Good job Robert, it’s really nice having pieces of machinery that have a special history for us. I’m sure that the Ixion will keep providing good service in the years to come. 👍👍
@@paulhewitt1488 Thank you. It amazes me that it's taken a lifetime to find out how it works! I could have been using this thing 50 years ago if I'd have worked it out!
Great video and what an awesome piece of simple engineering. Thanks for the great explanation and showing of the moving parts. It's like a very sensitive drill press.
Quite an interesting drill press.Thank you,Robert.
these are so neat, i've always wanted one. Congrats finding it and thanks for the view of the internals!
What a neat bit of engineering. Well done on the restoration.
@@MyLilMule Thanks! I thought the mechanism was interesting and warranted sharing.
Very nice work sir. That is a beautiful drill
What an interesting little machine. Thanks for sharing it. Nice restoration.
@@jeff1176 Thanks. Glad you found it interesting!
The BlackOut Drill works when everyone else needs a charge! Great share, thanks.
@@billgilbride7972 Indeed! The rest of the workshop relies on the National Grid though!
Really interesting old bit of hand powered Teutonic technology. Thank you 👍🇳🇱
@@alungiggs You're welcome. Not sure how much I'll use it though.
How well it works, and how quickly it drills, man and machine in perfect harmony, good restore and a thing of beauty and useful as well!
Phil
"Phil Whitley, my week this week" on RUclips!
@@philhermetic Thank you! There might be a touch of editing in the drilling sequence...😁
@@ThePottingShedWorkshop well yes I guessed that! My late friend had a big wall mounted hand operated drill, and I have a bench mount two speed model, but both had the rachet wheel for downfeed with the centre pivoted arm and a pawl pushing the downfeed wheel down, nowhere near as sophisticated as yours, I can tell you that even as a youngster they were hard work!
Phil
Wow incredible old design.
@@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5 Yup, thats what I thought!
Nice drill. Thanks for sharing.
Ingenious machine, thanks for showing us.
@@rodneykiemele4721 You're welcome. I thought the simplicity of the mechanism was worth sharing.
That's nice. If one day you're without power, you can still drill holes :)
Thank you Robert for that insightful little video. It looked like it was a fun restoration project for you.... And made in Germany of course....Look forward to you next video👍🏻
@@GenauMann Yes, made in Germany, quality engineering! The restoration would have been difficult to film - how do you control the camera when you're up to your armpits in greasy solvent?😁
Well, you can still drill nice holes with it so I guess it's perfect for what it is, it's also noiseless so that's another plus.
Pretty neat drill. Is it sensitive enough to do tapping with?
@@hilltopmachineworks2131 That's an interesting thought. It might work for fine threaded taps but the gearing is a bit fast for anything over, I'd guess, 20tpi. The flywheel inertia might be a bit much for a really fine tap. Maybe I'll give it a go!
@@hilltopmachineworks2131 Bit of an update on this. I drilled a 5mm hole in some aluminium, then tried an M6 x 1.0 tap. The drill height needed adjusting on the pillar and in common with most round column machines the precise location of the spindle gets lost, so it might not have been dead centre, but was pretty close. The drill had to be cranked on the low speed drive but it cut a thread fine!
I would think that the RPM's would have to match the TPI for it to tap.@@ThePottingShedWorkshop
@@GlennNowOnRUclips It does work. The tap pulls itself in. I dont think its the best way to tap though. The threads didnt look that sharp.
Pretty cool machine. I have an old hand crank drill press, but notting as interesting as yours. Thanks for sharing. @@ThePottingShedWorkshop
Not bolting the the vise to the drill disturbs something deep inside😮
@@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5 You're kidding, right? It's hand cranked. The gearing means there's less torque available at the vice handle than there is at the hand crank! If it's precision I'm after, I'd use the mill and its DRO.