New drill press!

Greg

Make RME Rockcrawling Again!
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After years of working with a crappy Central Machinery / Harbor Freight drill press, I finally had a chance to upgrade! The new one is a Wilton A5816, which is a 15", 1 HP beast of a drill press! I know someone that works at a local school and the kids were scared to run this massive machine, so I traded my HF drill press straight across for the Wilton. :D

I'm looking forward to using this thing, it seems like a nice upgrade and is much more heavy duty. It was set to run at 5,000 RPM! Lowered it to 400 RPM and it seems to be a lot more manageable.

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Gravy

Ant Anstead of Dirtbikes
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Nice trade Greg

I've got that nice big floor drill press I got from Chance. I can say unequivocally it's the only floor drill press that has gone all the way up Rattlesnake. LoL.


Let's talk about machinists clamps.

I've been seeing @STAG use them on his press to hold some crazy stuff still to drill (like knuckles).
What one are you guys using? I'd like to get a set.
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frieed

Jeepless in Draper
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Draper, UT
@frieed has a nice set of clamps for his press, I don't know what brand they are but they work well.
Mine were just Grizzly brand off Amazon. They work great.
The best feature on my drill press, a Jet JDP-20MF, 20" Floor Drill Press, is the lowest spindle speed is 150 RPM. That coupled with a 1.5hp motor makes it a beast on large holes. You definitely don't want to get a shirtsleeve tangled in it.
 

frieed

Jeepless in Draper
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Location
Draper, UT
yep. Good clamps will increase accuracy and safety.
Also remember my trick to square up the table with the spindle
 

frieed

Jeepless in Draper
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Location
Draper, UT
also on that thread, the clamps in action
 

zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
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Location
West Haven, UT
Nice drill press Greg. I have a Jet that is nearly the same size with the larger table and love it over the smaller 12~ish or so inch table on my previous drill press. I like that yours is variable speed, I have the step pulley design on mine and although it isn't too bad to change speeds, I would really like the variable speed head. I also fabricated a 6" riser that goes between the column and the base for mine as I hated having to bend over slightly. If you experience that it may be an option for you.
 

Greg

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