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Plans For Radial Drill Press PDF
Plans For Radial Drill Press PDF
FLAT
SECTION OF THREAD
DETAIL OF ARM
PIVOT BEARING,
CAST IRON, 2
REQUIRED
PIVOT
BAR
WORM-WHEEL NUT WORM
WORM
WORM-SHAFT TRAVERSING
BEARING SCREW
ARM BEARING WORM SHAFT
CAST IRON
By J. V. ROMIG
GUIDE RODS
NUT
WORM
SPINDLE. ELEVATING
NUT
TRAVERSING
SCREW
4 HANDWHEEL
GUIDE ROD
ARM DIAM. SPINDLE.
BEARING
AXIAL HOLE KEYWAY
SHIM
SHIM
STRIP
SLIDE
BEVEL
GEARS TRAVERSING
SCREW NUT
FEATHER KEY
MORSE TAPER
these cold-rolled pieces must be very care- spindles. The bearings are split; the
fully straightened and the edges scraped front half of the casting also has the bear-
true. It is also necessary to take care that ing for the crank spindle. A suitable pair
the slide and the pivot bearing are square of bevel gears, of 1 to1½ ratio, are pur-
with each other. chased, and the larger gear is pinned to
The pivot bar is made of 2-in. cold- the crank spindle, as also is the crank
rolled steel, threaded for 18 in. of its handle; the spindle is ½ in. in diameter,
length. The thread is of sharp V-form and the bearing is drilled for an oil hole
at the bottom, but flattened on top, as as in the drawing. The small gear is fit-
shown in the detail; this provides a sur- ted with a feather key, and, when in place
face for the bearing, while not interfering on the spindle, rides on a fiber washer.
with the function of the screw. The The spindle is turned from good machin-
worm wheel is used to elevate the arm to ery steel, and is bored at the lower end to
the desired height; it is made of bronze No. 1 Morse taper. A groove is turned
to the dimensions given, and is actuated in the upper end to take the feed nut, and
by a steel worm on a shaft extending to a a .437-in. hole bored axially to clear the
bearing on the front of the arm. The feed screw. The groove is highly finished.
pivot bar is held against the wall by pin- The feed is effected by means of a split
ning it in bearings at each end, which, in nut of novel design, which is a nice run-
turn, are bolted to a stout stringer fas- ning fit in the groove in the spindle and is
tened to the wall by lagscrews or expan- threaded internally to fit the feed screw.
sion bolts. A plumb bob is used to set the It is prevented from turning by two guide
bar exactly vertical on the wall. When in posts, one on either side, the posts also
use, the arm may be held fast in any posi- supporting the top bearing of the feed
tion on the pivot bar by means of the mechanism. The nut must slide freely on
clamp screws. the posts, and is provided with an oil hole.
The drill head, or saddle, is a casting, The posts are screwed into a steel collar
machined to fit on the slide and drilled which is fastened to the top of the upper
and bored for the drill and hand-crank spindle bearing; a similar collar forms the
POPULAR MECHANICS
upper feed-screw bearing, and to the top be taken to see that the press and the top
of the screw is pinned a small handwheel. of the plate are square with each other in
The spindle bearings can be fitted with every direction. The best location for the
bronze bushings if desired; and this is, drill is near the end of the bench, so that
in fact, preferable, as it will add to the life the drill can be swung over the end of the
of the machine. latter for work that cannot be raised to
The top of the upper saddle slide, bear- the bench. A drill chuck of ½-in. capacity
ing on the rail, is tapped for two ¼-in. set- is fitted to the spindle; although the gears
screws, which are used to adjust the gib to are strong enough to drive drills larger
the slide. The gib is made of sheet brass, than ½ in., it is seldom, in the small shop,
bent up at each end to prevent it from that larger drills will be used in the ma-
coming out, and both the upper slide and chine. Larger holes, however, may be
the gib should be drilled for oil holes. A bored with a boring bar held in the chuck.
brass or bronze nut for the traversing The head may be modified with very
screw is screwed to the lower surface of little trouble to make the tool power-
the saddle, and a bearing for the screw driven, by using an electric drill and
and the worm shaft is fastened to the mounting it on a saddle designed on the
front of the arm. The ends of both the same lines as the one shown, but modi-
screw and shaft are squared to fit an in- fied to suit the drill. If this is done, the
terchangeable handwheel. tool would be an ideal one for the garage
A good table or faceplate can be made or woodworking shop as well as the small
from an iron bench plate, and care should machine shop.