Penpal
Grand Master
When I bought my drill press thirty years ago I took note on an engineering site from users of a mill drill which is a big fat version of a bench drill.
Step 1 get the motor from overseas give it the drop test in the big bin, replace it with a three phase larger one of in my case Aussie manufacture. This I did.
Step 2. Make a draw bar and ensure all chucks fit to a draw bar so I made a draw bar from threaded rod and locknutted it to the sliding quill the quill slides up and down on splines.
Step 3. Replace the bearings with quality bearings again the drop test with the old bearings.
Step 4. The quill lock is made with two flat pieces of metal replace these with half moon pieces of metal thereby giving a real locking effort.
Go over the guides and slides and fine tune the movements, there were many more hints I used them all that long ago.
Then when the chuck flew of my pillar drill I was in luck it missed me so I applied the first Step 1. fitted a one HP Aussie Motor to the drill.
Used step 2 from above and fitted a 3/8 inch draw bar to a new chuck stem locknutted on my quill has a splined drive shaft as well. So many times I have repeated this when guys say what to look for in a new drill press.
Step 3 chucked the bearings and replaced them with quality bearings.
Spent real time squaring the table and drill movements to vertical and parallel.
Now umpteen thousands of uses later both are still serving me well.
Just a few safety thoughts I have applied to my machinery I tend to dedicate a machine to a few different tasks that are compatable.
Kind regards Peter.
Step 1 get the motor from overseas give it the drop test in the big bin, replace it with a three phase larger one of in my case Aussie manufacture. This I did.
Step 2. Make a draw bar and ensure all chucks fit to a draw bar so I made a draw bar from threaded rod and locknutted it to the sliding quill the quill slides up and down on splines.
Step 3. Replace the bearings with quality bearings again the drop test with the old bearings.
Step 4. The quill lock is made with two flat pieces of metal replace these with half moon pieces of metal thereby giving a real locking effort.
Go over the guides and slides and fine tune the movements, there were many more hints I used them all that long ago.
Then when the chuck flew of my pillar drill I was in luck it missed me so I applied the first Step 1. fitted a one HP Aussie Motor to the drill.
Used step 2 from above and fitted a 3/8 inch draw bar to a new chuck stem locknutted on my quill has a splined drive shaft as well. So many times I have repeated this when guys say what to look for in a new drill press.
Step 3 chucked the bearings and replaced them with quality bearings.
Spent real time squaring the table and drill movements to vertical and parallel.
Now umpteen thousands of uses later both are still serving me well.
Just a few safety thoughts I have applied to my machinery I tend to dedicate a machine to a few different tasks that are compatable.
Kind regards Peter.