New Drill press

Darrel Ralph

Darrel Ralph

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I had a delivery the other day from harbor freight. It was my drill press's.
Man ---- these are a lot nicer than the enco I bought last time. They were 59.00 delivered.
I indicated and pinned the tables. They were within .002 out of the box. The enco was .008.

They run smother also.

A great buy!!!!!

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[This message has been edited by Darrel Ralph (edited 11-15-2000).]
 
Darrel, can you suggest a good but economical dial indicator for a drill press or mill??

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Mike
I have a brown and sharp I have had for 25 years . I would look for an mid price range model that has several stems included . This will allow you to do many functions. I like the type that you can place the clamp on the top or end with swivels.
As for 1 inch dial indicators, I was lucky at a rockwell auction. I bought 3 federals.


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[This message has been edited by Darrel Ralph (edited 11-15-2000).]
 
Hi Darrel!
I like those little benchtops from Harbor Freight also...have one I dedicated just for leatherwork...and sometimes they are as cheap as $44.95!
Harry Jensen
 
Darrel-

Don't you know you have to buy the Delta 16.5" variable speed or you're just not cool?
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Jeez.
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Actually, at about $900, you could buy a whole fleet of those little guys and have pocket change left over.

Nick
 
I hear ya nick..
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I like these little bastids
I can set up a drill size in each and leave it for a while for a change.


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Originally posted by L6STEEL:
Darrel, can you suggest a good but economical dial indicator for a drill press or mill??
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Not Darrel, but...

I'm still working on my 2nd knife, but I've done a LOT of shop work - You BEST bet for an inexpensive indicator? Buy a used one! A few years back, my wife said, "Spend your birthday money on some tools". I watched the local trade a paper until I saw an and for "Machinist's tools", went over and bought the whole tool box - A Kennedy box, 5 or 6 mikes, 2 surface gages, 2 Starret Test indicators, some tooling, and a BUNCH of other stuff that I can't thing of right now - Basically, the guy had retired, and decided to sell off one of his boxes.

We spent an hour talking, with him showing me some neat shop tricks (remember, I'm NOT a pro), and I walked out with the whole thing for $200

 
Good point on the used tools. Pawn shops are full of them!

YA Tim ..
Get tired of changing bits
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