Well if that's indeed what i need..he said he can find me a used one for about $400. Is that to much?Yea, a fancy ass drill press :ror: that cuts sideways.
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Well if that's indeed what i need..he said he can find me a used one for about $400. Is that to much?Yea, a fancy ass drill press :ror: that cuts sideways.
I'm going to be building a roll cage out of 1/4 aluminum rod, how do I notch the ends? I also don't know if I want to build it in individual rods or do some bending on the larger parts.
I'm going to be building a roll cage out of 1/4 aluminum rod, how do I notch the ends? I also don't know if I want to build it in individual rods or do some bending on the larger parts.
I don't have a dremel, but I do have a drill press, could I use that at a high rpm? (I think mine goes to 2300rpm)A rat tail file works well for making the cope ( fish mouth ), the dremel tool is much faster if you have one available. My opinion would be to use a single pipe of material and do as many bends as possible. Individual lengths of material will make for a ton of un-necessary work and it will require a lot of brazing ( or whatever method you use to make the physical joints)
If you don't already know this, tube would be stronger and lighter than rod.
Are you welding or brazing?
Dremel type sanding drum in the right diameter for the fishmouths.
You can get a light duty tube/pipe bender at Princess auto for pretty cheap..
I don't have a dremel, but I do have a drill press, could I use that at a high rpm? (I think mine goes to 2300rpm)
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If you have a large floor press, the lateral pressure in grinding these small parts should not be significant enough to ruin the bearings. You wouldn't be apply much pressure to it anyway, it would be the cutting bit that is doing most of the work.
It should be perfectly fine with a sharp bit such as diamond bits used to sharpen chainsaw chains. Type in "diamond chainsaw sharpener" on Amazon and you'll see the bits in various sizes.
The drill press has at least two bearings on the shaft and they are way stronger than a dremel, you just don't want it to do milling operations on aluminum block (although I've seen some people do with end mills and machinist vises). Usually on these China made drill presses nowadays, it comes with pretty horrible runout anyway.
It's a big floor press that's probably older than I am, not Chinese lol.
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