1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Mmm drill press

 

Cool, I’ll keep doing it then. I’m making brackets today.

 

It's good practice but isn't always needed. Center punching is to prevent the drill bit walking when starting the hole. Like small drill bits almost always tend to wander. If you're drilling with a stout drill bit, you may not need to center punch first. If you have split point drill bits, those tend to center well without the need for a center punch, well excpet for small drill bits, I always center punch or spot drill for small drill sizes. If the drill bit is large enough & not drilling a hard material, I don't bother center punching or spot drill, I just lightly touch the surface with the drill bit, peck & few times, once the hole gets started, send it home.

 

Oh yeah, those chineseium 8" benchtop presses arent worth the steel they're stamped from for precision work. I can wiggle the chuck by hand in my harbor freight version. Good for wood, not so much for metal despite that being what I use mine for most.

 

I have an older Delta one, probably a step up from the Harbor Freight ones.

 

Is there a bit you can buy to clean up the burs on a hole? I’ve seen it used on restoration videos but I don’t know what it’s called.

 

I have a nice mill that never gets used lmao

 

Chamfer

 

Here's my drill press.

 

A deburing tool? Like this?


I use this for copper pipes

 

Yeah I see that now. A step up indeed.

 

Technically... Koreans animated it

 

I have something like that just slightly bigger and all mechanical

 

That’s a cute drill press. Mines better

 

Would I use that on a drill press, or is that something I would need like a handheld drill or mill for?

 

Still made in China. Oh well. I bought it from the same guy I got my air compressor from, luckily that one is made in the USA.

 

Either.

 

Does speed matter here? I can’t really adjust the speed on my press.

 

Jeez all I’m doing is cutting holes in 1/8 flat stock. I don’t need a huge press.