I found something in mah Garage!

Steamdnt · Post by **Steamdnt** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:46 pm

About three years ago now, my father used to own his own machine shop, He had the full shebang, Horizontal mill, Vertical mill, Shaping machine, Lathe, Grinder, welder (Arc, Mig and Tig). EVERYTHING! Then we moved to the city and he was forced to sell his machines, but he kept a couple. Including Drill press, Mig welder, Hueg Air tank, Shaping Machine, and power bandsaw/hacksaw. I was looking around his tools earlier today and I found a Milling table attachment for my drill press! It clamps Directly to the top of the table, and has full X+Y movement. You set the Z axis with the Drill itself, then tighten the bolt to set it, then is has two knob/handles on the Y and X axis, you turn them and it moves the table, it is like a CNC, but instead of steppers, it has handles cranks and knobs. So basically, I have the manual equivalent of a CNC in my Garage!
No pictures, my Camera got dropped in water.

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:05 am

DNT 2.5 wrote:About three years ago now, my father used to own his own machine shop, He had the full shebang, Horizontal mill, Vertical mill, Shaping machine, Lathe, Grinder, welder (Arc, Mig and Tig). EVERYTHING! Then we moved to the city and he was forced to sell his machines, but he kept a couple. Including Drill press, Mig welder, Hueg Air tank, Shaping Machine, and power bandsaw/hacksaw. I was looking around his tools earlier today and I found a Milling table attachment for my drill press! It clamps Directly to the top of the table, and has full X+Y movement. You set the Z axis with the Drill itself, then tighten the bolt to set it, then is has two knob/handles on the Y and X axis, you turn them and it moves the table, it is like a CNC, but instead of steppers, it has handles cranks and knobs. So basically, I have the manual equivalent of a CNC in my Garage!
No pictures, my Camera got dropped in water.

Got a webcam?

Anyways, awesome find. Maybe it will be use to you.

Post by **marshallh** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:16 am

Cool, what brand are they? We have several mills back at the house (2 vertical, 1 horizontal, and one other) and a few of them are Atlas. We need to get a forklift because they suck to move (currently on palettes still )

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:55 am

Wow, that sounds really cool. Good for you!

JariV · Post by **JariV** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:16 am

I wish I'd find that in mah garage

snowpenguin · Post by **snowpenguin** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:04 pm

Those things are cheap, you can get them for ~$20 at harbor freight. BUT, Drill presses are not designed for side loads. They often do not work well on any denser materials, you MAY be able to use that with okayish results with plastic, but from what I've heard from people who have those things, it sucks ass.

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:28 pm

Would you be able to use this in combination with a dremel, which is designed for side loads?

Steamdnt · Post by **Steamdnt** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:38 pm

No, this drill press can take side loads, The table was MADE for it. not a Third party product.

snowpenguin · Post by **snowpenguin** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:09 pm

You said it was an attachment, not a table with a built in mill.

If it really is the latter it's a mill, a specialized mill that has the ability to be used as a drill press more easily.

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