new yankee workshop and drill press spindle sander

[Electric Comet]

i do not recalll ever watching an entire episode when it aired but recently i watched one and i had forgottent that he never gave the details and was pushing selling the plans

it was funny to watch it as he skips over a lot of details

but i did see that he used a spindle into the drill press as a spindle sander

i ordered a cheap set and i wonder if anyone here uses one of these on their drill press

does it work well

i will mostly use it for small stuff

the one i ordered does not oscillate but i know they make those

[krw]

It's a great idea, if you don't like your drill press. Side force is hell on the bearings.

[Electric Comet]

for light sanding it will be fine

i like putting my tools to work so i think side force is not a big factor with light sanding

[OFWW]

Anytime you put sideways pressure on the spindle you can cause it to drift off center. Sanding at the end away for the chuck will put amplified pressure on where the chuck meets the tapered shaft.

It depends on the quality of the drill press as to how much you'll have to pay for the dance.

[krw]

No, it's really not.

It is a big deal. You're just asking for runout problems. Drill presses are not made for lateral force. They're not milling machines.

[Bill]

How about those oscillating sanders? Are they just "disposable", or are they designed to handle the lateral force?

Bill

[Leon]

They are designed to handle the forces. Is is a matter of using the correct bearing for the intended purpose.

[Bill]

Thanks!

[Greg Guarino]

You'd think someone would make a spindle sander attachment for a drill press that had a bottom bearing in in a fixed base that could be clamped to the table. Could be handy for someone with a small shop, low budget, occasional use.

[Electric Comet]

how long did it last before you had problems on yours

i will report back with my findings too

[Electric Comet]

hear mention of an oscillating attachment for a drill press but have not sene one

i wonder if it has something like that

anyway the forces for light sanding are insignificant

a drill press is made for handling lateral forces

[Electric Comet]

yeah not a big problem

nice that people care so much though about the drill press

i am thinking of giving it a name now mill or miller or drilly i know sander or sandy

[Leon]

BUT,, I know that this has been hashed out for years on end but if you think about the bearings on a DP they are side loaded to receive power.

The top bearing at the pulley gets considerable side force and the bottom gets some but less.

[Scott Lurndal]

I had one[*], but the stationary OSS worked much better, particularly for dust collection.

[*] Delta - for a 17" floor drill press.

I presume you have the data to back this up?

No, a drill press is made to drill holes.

[DJ Delorie]

I can't help but wonder what kinds of side forces a forstner bit would produce if you're drilling a half-hole in the edge of a piece of wood...

[Leon]

I think still pretty much almost straight up,

[SnA Higgins]

I have a Rockwell/Delta radial drill press, circa 1970. The manual discusses using it as a router and as a drum sander. Since I have those specific machines I use the drill press for drilling only.

Steve

[DJ Delorie]

I mean, consider this image:

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with an asymmetrical cut like that, there's got to be some side pressure generated too.

[John McCoy]

"SnA Higgins" wrote in news:n4a3ud$ctg$ [e-mail]:

A radial drill press is kind of a different animal - they are usually much more stoutly constructed than a regular drill press.

Myself, I have a small benchtop drill press from way back when I first started getting tools, which is now reserved for drum sanding. The bigger press is just for drills.

John

[John McCoy]

DJ Delorie wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Better example would perhaps be a circle cutter, altho even there I think the forces would be much smaller and shorter duration than a sanding drum.

John