Originally Posted by
Derek Cohen
The question I now have is how well my Nova Voyager drill press would fare using end mill bits? Again, the one's I have are limited in depth of cut (around 25mm). Are there longer makes you can suggest? I would focus on 10mm, 8mm, 6mm mortises. Why this drill press? Well it would be fast to set up (with added cross slide vise), have plenty of grunt (2 h.p), negligible run out, and the ideal speed setting is there to be dialled in. But ... will the morse taper for the chuck be capable of withstanding the lateral forces? If not, is there an alternate chuck which could be used? The router and the Domino move to cut, and these lateral forces are not issues then (I assume).
Regards from Perth (currently in Wellington, New Zealand)
Derek
Don't use a drill press if you value it and it cost a lot of money. DP's do not like lateral loads and can easily be damaged doing it, I have not personally seen it happen but the general consensus is don't do it. Using an xy table in that manner just applies the load in a different way. I made an xy table with DRO's on both axis and that is very handy but I would not try putting lateral loads on it as some users do.
Chris
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening