Thread: Drill Table Repair ( or using GQ's scraping as camouflage )

Nice one Bob

Michael

I am suitably impressed Bob. Fantastic job

Phil

Originally Posted by Michael G

Nice one Bob

Michael

Thanks Michael,

I must admit to being a bit tentative when I arrived at the point of peening. I didn't know if the peened edge would fracture rather than deform. Deform it did, thankfully.

Bob.

Nice job Bob

I would think if you took a piece of cheap Chinese cast it would just break when peening, but it amazes me sometimes how malleable cast iron can be. A bit of work on the drill and you'll never see the colour difference.

Hi BT,
I thought I replied to this earlier but it seems to have gone astray.

Is this the plug of the first repair?
A little flight rust and you'd never know it was there
Great work as always Bob.


Stuart

Another vote for 'well done Bob'.

Good repair there, unfortunately now that Stustoys has enlarged that pic you'll have to go back and repair, that once tiny hole to the left, which is now a giant

Cheers.

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Hi BT,
I thought I replied to this earlier but it seems to have gone astray.

Is this the plug of the first repair?
A little flight rust and you'd never know it was there
Great work as always Bob.


Stuart

I think so Stu. There is a slightly different coloured concentric edge between 4 and 6 o'clock inboard of your red circle.

I posted these photos to show how easy it is to repair a few nasty drill holes. Sadly, a lot of drill press tables are the victims of careless abuse and while the "new" table on my drill looks like it has served as an anvil, it only had minimal drill damage.GQ's Biaxed surface made the concealment of the repairs simple.

The table on my other Waldown has been fly cut. It would be difficult to plug and conceal a hole in it. On the other hand, both of my mills have smooth(ish) shiny tables as do a lot of other mills. Executing the repair of an errant hole would not be too difficult as long as the finishing was done with a delicate hand. Colour matching the cast iron would tend to be a luck of the draw thing.

Still, to me, an honest visible repair is better than no repair.

BT

Originally Posted by Log

Good repair there, unfortunately now that Stustoys has enlarged that pic you'll have to go back and repair, that once tiny hole to the left, which is now a giant

Cheers.

Been and gone Log.

The 2.8mm plug for that hole is shown in the photo with the ruler. I was going to leave it because it was shallow, maybe no more than a millimetre. Then I thought, one of you blokes will have a go at me for being slack.

BT

Hi BT,
I doubt I would have found it if I didnt have the small hole to go off. I only had to enlarge it 400% and even then the first circle I had drawn was in spot at about at around 1 o'clock from the small hole but I figured it was to small.
Next guy that walks into your shop that hasnt seen the pictures, ask him if he can see anything.

an honest "barely" visible repair (still pictures can be tricky things)

Stuart

Originally Posted by Anorak Bob

Been and gone Log.

The 2.8mm plug for that hole is shown in the photo with the ruler. I was going to leave it because it was shallow, maybe no more than a millimetre. Then I thought, one of you blokes will have a go at me for being slack.

BT

Now, if only I could stop you using loctite.....

Phil

Yeah, we're always saying that. That Anorak, he's so slack. Never does anything properly.

Originally Posted by Bryan

Yeah, we're always saying that. That Anorak, he's so slack. Never does anything properly.

How true Bryan. Not a word you would associate with Bob....ever.

Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer

Now, if only I could stop you using loctite.....

Phil

Ne'er a bottle of the stuff would be seen at Sovereign Hill.

It would have been smeared off the mating surfaces in the table when I belted the pins in. I know you are winding me up but the stuff does come in handy. Held a few of my motorbikes together when I was a young bloke.

BT