Unreal drill press!!!!

[Brian Kincaid]

Never seen anything like this.
-Brian

[Rob Wachala Jr]

That's a big boy alright.

[Ray McCullie]

How is this a deal or a discount?

[Thomas Bank]

That is a radial drill, and a fairly small one at that:

[Brian Kincaid]

How is this a deal or a discount?

Sorry Ray I got so excited/amazed I didn't post the price $700 search American Radial Arm Drill in Dallas CL. Not mine no affiliation.

-Brian

[Brian Kincaid]

That is a radial drill, and a fairly small one at that

It amazes me what some people consider 'fairly small' :D
...that's a fairly small cargo ship
...that's a fairly small aircraft carrier
...that's a fairly small planet
-Brian

[Bill Davis]

Watch repair.

[Paul Greathouse]

I think Thomas wins the prize for largest picture ever posted in a SMC thread.

[Mike OMelia]

I think Thomas wins the prize for largest picture ever posted in a SMC thread.

Yes!! And just HOW did he do that?

[Bruce Page]

Thomas is right and it's Not a very big one. :cool:

[Van Huskey]

I just need to know if you can chuck a #70 bit... :D

[Bruce Page]

I just need to know if you can chuck a #70 bit... :D

Sure, just chuck up your slip chuck into the main chuck...;)

[george wilson]

It wouldn't run fast enough to use any kind of small drills.

[John Schreiber]

I found a picture of a pretty big drill press:

http://www.yodermachinery.com/picts/15890.JPG (http://www.yodermachinery.com/picts/15890.JPG)

It's a 13' x 36" Sass. I assume that's a real person standing down there near the bottom.

[Ray McCullie]

If I got that one I just know it wouldn't be big enough.

[John Shuk]

I wonder if that can spin a 3 inch forstner bit without stalling.

[Brian Kincaid]

I found a picture of a pretty big drill press: ... It's a 13' x 36" Sass. I assume that's a real person standing down there near the bottom.

Wow... what is it for? Something with trains? Tanks? Aircraft?

With a 3/4 spiral bit it could probably pick up a full sheet of plywood and spin it like a helicopter prop!

-Brian

[curtis rosche]

in what direction is it only 36''?

[Herbert Mulqueen]

I had a triple base 6 footer.

All the bases had heavy drilling tables. The base was about 14 or 15 inches thick of machined steel.

25 horse power main motor about the size of a barrel driving a hydraulic motor. Everything was quiet and very smooth. One finger and a little leaning could get the arm to move in a circle.

Hit the brake lever and it would never ever move from the lock position.

The weight was I believe 38,500 pounds from the rigging company.

That 13 footer is fantastic ---the track system means you can drill in 26 foot wide, the length of the track. Think of all the set ups you could do, while drilling.

Never have to re-position the product to be drilled, too.

My drill could make a hole 4 inch into steel 21 inch thick, in a 12 foot circle.

That 13 foot monster must of had huge stroke.

All this was before computers.

I set my drill with a Wild T-3 optics and it was quite flat in the drilling circle.

Again the T-3 was before computers.

Oh, well I ramble as usual.

Herb

[Bruce Page]

Herbert, it harkens back to the days if something broke you could probably fix it yourself.
Nowadays if something breaks on your 5 axis Mazak Machining Center you had better have a good service package set up, or really deep pockets.

[John Schreiber]

in what direction is it only 36''?
It seems for radial drills, the 36" refers to the column diameter.

http://www.usedequip.com/q/showdlist/,,ST,,,008839,20060905

[Matthew Hills]

in what direction is it only 36''?

chuck diameter?

[Hugh Jardon]

We visited the USS Texas last year, permanently moored in Houston. In the machine shop, it still has all the lathes and drill presses. Those are some pretty huge machines too. The ship is nearly 100 years old, and I can only guess that some serious repairs at sea were anticipated. It looked like they had the capability to machine things like pistons/bores and gears. I can't see that happening today at sea.