Milling er Drilling machine Bench

[Muz]

Having recently just bought a mag mount milling machine, I need some sort of mobile work top for it .. anyone use one ? ... I have a few ideas, but just wondered what you guys use .. something with a variable stepped height perhaps for different work pieces, and adjustable chocks maybe .. a kind of black and decker workmate in steel I have a metal topped bench, but not sure whether to adapt it, as its got other kit stacked on it ATM

[v8druid]

Having recently just bought a mag mount milling machine, I need some sort of mobile work top for it .. anyone use one ? ... I have a few ideas, but just wondered what you guys use .. something with a variable stepped height perhaps for different work pieces, and adjustable chocks maybe .. a kind of black and decker workmate in steel I have a metal topped bench, but not sure whether to adapt it, as its got other kit stacked on it ATM

http://www.shobha-india.com/precisio...ces-p22.html#2

http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/cgi-bin/ss...lide&ACTION=Go

cheaper one


http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/acatalog/E...ml#a4288306_2e

Also a handy bit of gear



http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/engineerin...ill-press-etc/

However Muz, these mag stands are Drills not Mills - there's far too much play in the sliders on 'em to get any really accurate milling done, unless you lock the slides solid, plus the broaches cut on their ends, not their flanks like a slot drill for a milling machine, which will cut on both ends and flanks...

[Muz]

However Muz, these mag stands are Drills not Mills

yes you are right not used to this high tech

[v8druid]

yes you are right not used to this high tech

I dare say Muz that with the sliders suitably adjusted - i.e. locked up, with some care it could be done, but you'd need a milling cutter/slot drill and one of those lil' compound slides.

A decent piece of UB makes a good platform to sit the drill on, to get height and clearance under it!

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[Muz]

Funny you should say that ? look what I spotted and looked out last night and thought hmm ?

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I was going to turn it on its side and weld that plate over it to mount the drill, then cut the wings off left and right to give a clear work area ?

[Muz]

that compound table looks nifty for the money ?

[Muz]

Something like this

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Couple of slots on the base would be good for some sort of clamp bar ... anyway laters

[v8druid]

Something like this

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Couple of slots on the base would be good for some sort of clamp bar ... anyway laters

I'd have slashed it back t'other way Boyo, to give even more scope, but looks a handy weapon !

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Agree about the slots too

Is that a 7" Dewalt on the floor?

I've used their 5", 1400W DW 831s for years - use 'em all day without yer arm dropping off and last for ever. Not cheap but the mutt's nuts

[v8druid]

that compound table looks nifty for the money ?

Both look handy, 'cept the ones a tad on the 'rich' side for my liking and the amount you'd likely use it
Chronos are fairly good on 'budget' gear and not too bad a quality for the bucks

[Muz]

I'd have slashed it back t'other way Boyo, to give even more scope, but looks a handy weapon !

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I think you're right, cos its not massively loaded good plan. I'm keeping the other side free for future development as I get to see how these mag machines work out

Is that a 7" Dewalt on the floor?

I've used their 5", 1400W DW 831s for years - use 'em all day without yer arm dropping off and last for ever. Not cheap but the mutt's nuts

Think its a 9 or 10 and I have the 5" too .. cant fault them really

[v8druid]

I think you're right, cos its not massively loaded good plan. I'm keeping the other side free for future development as I get to see how these mag machines work out

Think its a 9 or 10 and I have the 5" too .. cant fault them really

No where near as much loading with a broach, as a drill

I find the ol' 9" a bit of a handful these days, for prolonged use - makes my hands ache, so the 5", with the power it has, is just ideal

I've had 10 years daily use out of those 5"-ers, before having to replace 'em . Ten hard years, a piece, on the shop floor, day in day out - they are just great tools.
The two I have ATM should see me out I reckon

[Muz]

I find the ol' 9" a bit of a handful these days, for prolonged use - makes my hands ache,

Yes I agree .. put a new disc on today to grind that H beam ... and well .. I knew I'd 'done' the job by the time I was finished .. I should have blown more off with the torch

[v8druid]

Yes I agree .. put a new disc on today to grind that H beam ... and well .. I knew I'd 'done' the job by the time I was finished .. I should have blown more off with the torch

Yeh, it's why I tend to favour the lil' 5 inch-ers these days - plenty of guts to get it off, but not such a handful and handle-able enough for one handed fettling when required

It's got to be a biggish lump of grinding before I get a 9" out.
Must replace my 7" - a good in between-er and a lot less strain on the wrists - last one died some time ago and just haven't gotten around to 'acquiring' a.n.other one Dewalt do a tidy 7" ......... at a price!!

[v8druid]

Hi guys i am looking for wholesale construction materials suppliers can you help me by suggesting one.

spammer alert Muz

[Muz]

spammer alert Muz

Yeah cheers for heads up ... but ya know what .. he did me a favor, I enjoyed re reading that