Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap Book 5 - The Drill Press
If you have done the projects progressively as the author did you will have done all your drilling with an electric hand drill up to this point. That’s tough and tedious work to say the least and you will really appreciate a drill press. In fact it would not make much sense to proceed to the deluxe accessories without one. You could buy one of course, But anyone could do that....
It drills to the centre of a 12" circle with a quill travel of 2 1/2". Two stage speed reduction gives a low speed of 260 rpm for serious large hole drilling. Ball bearings in spindle driven pulley and idler make it smooth and quiet running. Quill feed is by cable or chain drive so there is no rack and pinion to cut.
The complete series of 7 titles describes how to build a complete set of machine tools at very little cost, using scrap metals. The series is in a fixed sequence, in that each machine helps build the next, but each book stands on its own, if you already have access to workshop equipment. As described, quite a lot of home foundry work is involved, hence this book. Worldwide sales of this series now exceed 100,000, so 99, 999 other people like it..... All titles well illustrated. All Paperback.
