Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
Of course it's not a real radial, but Walker Turner did in fact call it a Radial Drill.
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mark thomas
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#101859
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
Joel , If your using for wood than will be jolly ok they fall apart with metal, also with so many moving parts and angles and the such it is hard to keep everything in position. For the word stuff
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Airtight: Clamps by Air Compression
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#101858
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
My application is to drill holes in wood and only wood. ?On the recent re-paint red flag comment, I noted that the youtube video was from 2017 and so it seems the the machine was painted in 2017 or
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joelgelman
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
I grew up in Cincinnati and was friends with some of the leBlond clan, Cincinnati incorporated (Cincinnati shaper) and Milacron - I have seen some really large machine tools, Cincinnati is flooded
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Mark Kessler
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
WTF, sorry, Did not know that even exist, I would have said photoshopped picture, but I found the following pictures on practical machinist and there are tons of them other there. I also remember the
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Bill James
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
Micheal, I am a craftsman and work in all media. Couple famous radial picture of web. I like the picture of the large radial with the small probably 18¡± post and 6¡¯ arm mine is 1/2 the size 10¡±
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Airtight: Clamps by Air Compression
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
Perhaps Mark is using his for wood, while you using them on metal? On a semi-related note, I absolutely adore my 1950's DeWalt GA Radial Saw.? Tuned properly, treated well, and equipped with the
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Michael Garrison Stuber
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
I had one in 70¡¯s with a gear drive saw on it and in 90 ¡®s had one with drill head and hated both of them. Mac,,, martin/campshure/co/llc mac campshure 7412 elmwood ave. middleton, wi 53562-3106
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mac campshure
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Re: Euro Guard on K700
#sawsetup
Dave, Do you have any photos of the Shark Guard on your KF700? I am leaning that way for my KF. Mark Foster
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Mark Foster
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
I have one and love it. Mark
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Mark Foster
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
Joel, Sorry to say this Your link is what is called a ram drill press. They are mores taper and not a mill in any way. Just a glorified drill press with way to many things going on to be reliable.
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mac campshure
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
Nice Drill press. It¡¯s 220V single phase according to the listing. I would swap out a 220V three phase motor of 1 to 2hp and put a VFD on it. then put the front belt in the middle position and you
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Brian Lamb
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
Those are great if you do a lot of odd compound angles and want deep reach. As Cliff notes, it's not very rigid with respect to what steel drilling requires, but plenty rigid for wood and small
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mark thomas
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Re: Radial Drill Press purchase
I have one? it's a great machine. you will really like it. I pulled the? 3 phase half horse motor off and replaced it with a 220? Reversible? full horse.? I put on a drum switch by passing the
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Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq. <rohrabacher@...>
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#101846
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Radial Drill Press purchase
I became interested in a better drill press back in 2013. ?I received information here about the RF-45 and many possible modifications. I came close to buying it, but something just did not seem
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joelgelman
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Re: Euro Guard on K700
#sawsetup
Thanks. I will give them a call next week. I have been looking at it for two years it was cheaper last year. I don¡¯t understand why they are all so expensive. I don¡¯t think any of them work as
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Doug Middlebrook
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Re: #Dust_Collection_for_a_CF741
#dust_collection_for_a_cf741
Hi Jonathan, Thanks for taking the time to write this up. I have the same machine and have spent a lot of time thinking about dust collection for it - generally landing on your approach of having a
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Tim Trefren
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Re: Felder silent power cutterhead vs byrd or Laguna shellical
Hi Imran, I think I am semi commercial - I have a full time job not related to woodworking/furniture making. I do use my machines after days work and I spend most of my weekends in the workshop. When
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Albert Lee
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Re: Good first shaper bit
Thanks for the advice. I probably would start with a Spiral Cutter just because template work and flush cutting is always something I do from time to time and some pieces require several passes on my
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Rob Simmons
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Re: Good first shaper bit
Mine won't tilt so it is just a straight up and down shaper.
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Rob Simmons
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