new yankee workshop and drill press spindle sander

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

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

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.

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.

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

Bill

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

Thanks!

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.

how long did it last before you had problems on yours

i will report back with my findings too

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

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

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.

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

I presume you have the data to back this up?

No, a drill press is made to drill holes.

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...

I think still pretty much almost straight up,

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

I mean, consider this image:

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

"SnA Higgins" wrote in news:n4a3ud$ctg$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

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

DJ Delorie wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@delorie.com:

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