Thread: A Third Hand for the Drill Press.

ok ill try make them some good ones. I wonder what it cost back then.
Im not sure it goes down to 45 Rpm

hello here is some photos of the drill i described. I wish i had of given it a clean before taking the photos.
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or at least cleaned the spider webs away .
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hello here is some photos of the drill i described. I wish i had of given it a clean before taking the photos.
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or at least cleaned the spider webs away .
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Originally Posted by Michael G

I like that - really neat. I have T slots in my drill table but I'm always concerned that if I use a half vise grip thing like the one that Greg is mentioning, one day I'll break a T slot. (So far I've only ever bolted items to the table that support the other side)
Another thing for the list.

Michael

Michael,
The only time I saw damage to a drill table was at school.
In fact I thing it was faulty/cheep chinese as it was only about 5mm thick.

They only manage to tear a small chunk out of it and you can bet it was deliberate. You could avoid that problem but placing a bit of flat (say 25 x 5mm fms as a washer to spread force across the area.

Cheers
Grahame

I haven't been back through the thread to see if it's already been suggested, but I usually keep a bolt (with the thread facing up) in my metal drill press table, and use it to rest steel against thats not in the vice. Quick and simple and saves your fingers if it catches up when breaking through.

Dave

Hi Bob

Try Westrac out at Guildford, have seen clips like that on their machines.

DD