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    Small angle drill press

    I made a radial adapter that mounts my dovetailed Unimat headstock to a tilting column on a portable wooden base.

    The free end of the ball clamps around a cut off piece of bed rod for my watchmaker lathe, and I’ve been drilling with that but the new adapter is more adjustable and saves having to take the lathe apart.

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    Next to my bigger, still small angle drill press

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    Tilting forward and left, in the regular higher position

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    Tilting back and right, in the upside down lower position

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    Thanks threesixesinarow! We've added your Small Angle Drill Press to our Drilling and Drill Presses category,
    as well as to your builder page: threesixesinarow's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:




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    threesixesinarow,

    A great little multi directional portable drill!! I admire your ingenuity and originality!!
    Dick


    Links to some of my plans:

    https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...965#post105972 OFF-SET TAILSTOCK CENTER PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...995#post112113 SMALL TURRET TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/l...994#post112111 LARGE TURRET TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...383#post110340 MINI-LATHE CARRIAGE LOCK PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...191#post106483 SMALL QC TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/q...849#post119345 QUICK CHANGE LATHE TURRET
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...949#post119893 MINI LATHE COMPOUND PIVOT MODIFICATION

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    Thanks, Dick,

    It beats drilling lots of angled holes by hand! I never tried Archimedes or bow drills, though.


    An easy improvement to it was right in front of me for days before I recognized it.


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    Is that a flat iron in the picture?
    Dick


    Links to some of my plans:

    https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...965#post105972 OFF-SET TAILSTOCK CENTER PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...995#post112113 SMALL TURRET TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/l...994#post112111 LARGE TURRET TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...383#post110340 MINI-LATHE CARRIAGE LOCK PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...191#post106483 SMALL QC TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/q...849#post119345 QUICK CHANGE LATHE TURRET
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...949#post119893 MINI LATHE COMPOUND PIVOT MODIFICATION

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    Quote Originally Posted by old_toolmaker View Post
    Is that a flat iron in the picture?
    Yes, for ballast.

    A couple indicator bases might help to anchor the base when it’s on iron surfaces.

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    That is one nice solution you have there. It leaves me with all sorts of ideas for a micro drill press. This is perhaps the greatest compliment One can offer up for a design, it gets the creative juices flowing in others. It starts with “why didn’t I think of that” and builds from there.

    I must ask, how much of a pain is it to get the angles right with that ball joint? Or for that matter get everything back to vertical square.

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    Thanks, wizard69!

    I think its lack of nice adjustment is a big reason why the ball joint wasn’t an obvious solution to me, but I use this for drilling lots of small close holes in big pieces of wood where consistency is more important than specific angles, so it’s okay.

    Springy split lock washers on the clamping bolts help keep it from slipping while I adjust it.

    When I need a more normal micro drill press I just move the quill, or the whole headstock, to a different machine.

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    Lightbulb Great tool , thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by threesixesinarow View Post
    I made a radial adapter that mounts my dovetailed Unimat headstock to a tilting column on a portable wooden base.

    The free end of the ball clamps around a cut off piece of bed rod for my watchmaker lathe, and I’ve been drilling with that but the new adapter is more adjustable and saves having to take the lathe apart.

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    Next to my bigger, still small angle drill press

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    Tilting forward and left, in the regular higher position

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    Tilting back and right, in the upside down lower position

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    Thats a great idea... I could use one like this ! Whats the moter on your Unimat head?

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    Thanks for the great idea... I could use one like this ! Whats the motor on your Unimat head.

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