Drill Press + XY Table + Wilton Cam-Lock Vise in hone machine shop

[TheLatchford]

using a drill press as a milling machine is just downright dangerous.I know a chief engineer that tried it on a ship i was on,he has one eye and a 4inch scar above it.Save up for a safe decent milling machine,i packed in smoking and beer,i now have a very decent machine it cost 675 british pounds.

[Jeffnz020]

Hey there, whats the specs of your drill press? I really like your set up! I am wanting to buy a DP that i can do a little milling with. I dont do enough or require the precision to buy a mill/mill drill.

Thanks.

[saunixcomp]

@Jeffnz020 Check out my blog nyccnc.com for all of the specs - just search for "drill press" on the blog - the article is titled "XY Table & Cam-Lock Vise for Drill" (I'd post a direct link, but youtube won't appear to let me)

You're not going to have any luck doing milling with a drill press - the bearings won't hold up to the side-load nor is it rigid enough.

[seasonedtoker]

@Jeffnz020 mills need to be precise otherwise it's cheaper if you do it with a combination of die and bench grinders. I am pretty sure that bearings have a great load capacity and wouldn't be problematic with milling but it's the quill that won't allow any sideway force. use a drill press for what it's meant to be used, otherwise you end up destroying a perfectly good usable tool. converting an old and worn out drill press into a mill is even worse idea

[yonac491]

im with feedinc... who makes this (or any other!) XY table? i've been all over ebay, and couldnt find one!

great video. 5*

[saunixcomp]

@yonac491 It's available on my blog. go to nyccnc.com and search for "XY"

[feedinc]

Can you tell me who makes the XY table?

[jiidee]

I came across a dvd a while back that detailed using a drill vice as a makeshift lathe. It was quite good from my ill informed laymen perspective. He attempted to take the flex out of the system by basically epoxying the chuck into the arbour and the prerequisite filling the column with concrete and using the quill only for adjusting Z. Seemed to give good results.Also i know not about these things but i take it that vice doesn't cause parts to Rise up when tightened like a screw vice tends to?

[tryally]

Great vid with excellent image quality

Thanks for sharing

Luiz

[rasoros]

still though, while center drilling and and basic Z travel jobs are fine on a drill press you'll never have the rigidity of a properly built mill. The quill is where most of the problems come from. They just aren't designed for high stress situations that most milling operations would put on it. But, its good enough for most simple things..

[saunixcomp]

Togaida: for almost two years, i thought the same thing! Here's why:

1) CNC level precision isn't always needed

2) CNC jobs require hand-G Code or cam

3) My drill has higher Z-clearance and supposed much larger diameter tools

4) Much quicker to change drill bits

5) The cam-lock vice makes quick work of clamping work down; much quicker & easier than in my mill

[togaida]

I can understand getting more machines, you can never have enough of those types of toys, but why a drill press if you have your very own CNC mill that can do the job in no time and more precision?