drill press holding fixture

Karl Townsend · 2007-08-22T20:33:27+00:00

I gave blood this morning. All over my radial arm drill that I got a couple months ago. The part snatched as the drill broke though. it rode up the drill and then popped the vice grip holding clamp off and threw it. Then the work made made a quick revolution before i could get out of the way. I need to get a better way to hold work in the drill press. A couple vice grips and pieces of tubing just aren't getting it. I've tried using a spare Kurt type vise, but that is cumbersome. half the parts won't fit in and its difficult to quickly line the work up under the drill and through an open spot in the vise. what's normally used to hold all sorts of odd ball one of parts in a large drill? Just fabrication grade work here. I use a mill and bolt the part to it for stuff needing accuracy. Karl

Aug 22, 2007 20 Replies

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Bob Engelhardt 19 years ago

Don't forget, you can make your own (much stronger) by killing some hydrochloric acid with a handful of zinc. (I presume you have zinc lying around if you're galvanising stuff.) Otherwise use scrap galvanised steel.

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-- Jeff R.

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