Well, I bought a Ridgid floor mount drill press a few years ago. It served
my meager needs well until just recently when I discovered I needed a drill
press table and fence. The problem I ran into is that the chuck is actually
mounted lower than the lowest travel of the handle. This limits me to a
very short fence. Otherwise, when I start to lower the chuck, the handles
hit the fence. I suspect I can replace the factory handles with something
shorter, so that I can have a taller fence, but I am wondering if that will
cause some unforeseen difficulties.
Have any of you had a similar problem and how did you resolve it?
Thanks, Ralph
On Dec 19, 10:16=A0pm, "Ralph" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, I bought a Ridgid floor mount drill press a few years ago. =A0 It s=
erved
> my meager needs well until just recently when I discovered I needed a dri=
ll
> press table and fence. =A0The problem I ran into is that the chuck is act=
ually
> mounted lower than the lowest travel of the handle. =A0 This limits me to=
a
> very short fence. =A0Otherwise, when I start to lower the chuck, the hand=
les
> hit the fence. =A0I suspect I can replace the factory handles with someth=
ing
> shorter, so that I can have a taller fence, but I am wondering if that wi=
ll
> cause some unforeseen difficulties.
>
> Have any of you had a similar problem and how did you resolve it?
I've unscrewed the handle that interferes.
Luigi
Resolved the health issues of the table, http://patwarner.com/images/drill_=
check_list.jpg
.
The fence I use is only 1/2" thick.
Pix in http://patwarner.com/drilling_lessons.html window.
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On Dec 19, 10:16=A0pm, "Ralph" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, I bought a Ridgid floor mount drill press a few years ago. =A0 It s=
erved
> my meager needs well until just recently when I discovered I needed a dri=
ll
> press table and fence. =A0The problem I ran into is that the chuck is act=
ually
> mounted lower than the lowest travel of the handle. =A0 This limits me to=
a
> very short fence. =A0Otherwise, when I start to lower the chuck, the hand=
les
> hit the fence. =A0I suspect I can replace the factory handles with someth=
ing
> shorter, so that I can have a taller fence, but I am wondering if that wi=
ll
> cause some unforeseen difficulties.
>
> Have any of you had a similar problem and how did you resolve it?
>
> Thanks, Ralph
"Ralph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Well, I bought a Ridgid floor mount drill press a few years ago. It
> served my meager needs well until just recently when I discovered I needed
> a drill press table and fence. The problem I ran into is that the chuck
> is actually mounted lower than the lowest travel of the handle. This
> limits me to a very short fence. Otherwise, when I start to lower the
> chuck, the handles hit the fence. I suspect I can replace the factory
> handles with something shorter, so that I can have a taller fence, but I
> am wondering if that will cause some unforeseen difficulties.
>
> Have any of you had a similar problem and how did you resolve it?
>
> Thanks, Ralph
Notch the fence
On Dec 20, 1:16=A0am, "Ralph" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, I bought a Ridgid floor mount drill press a few years ago. =A0 It s=
erved
> my meager needs well until just recently when I discovered I needed a dri=
ll
> press table and fence. =A0The problem I ran into is that the chuck is act=
ually
> mounted lower than the lowest travel of the handle. =A0 This limits me to=
a
> very short fence. =A0Otherwise, when I start to lower the chuck, the hand=
les
> hit the fence. =A0I suspect I can replace the factory handles with someth=
ing
> shorter, so that I can have a taller fence, but I am wondering if that wi=
ll
> cause some unforeseen difficulties.
>
> Have any of you had a similar problem and how did you resolve it?
>
> Thanks, Ralph
Sears radial press with 3-spoke handle. Unscrew the
spoke that gets in the way.
On 12/20/2010 12:16 AM, Ralph wrote:
> Well, I bought a Ridgid floor mount drill press a few years ago. It
> served my meager needs well until just recently when I discovered I
> needed a drill press table and fence. The problem I ran into is that the
> chuck is actually mounted lower than the lowest travel of the handle.
> This limits me to a very short fence. Otherwise, when I start to lower
> the chuck, the handles hit the fence. I suspect I can replace the
> factory handles with something shorter, so that I can have a taller
> fence, but I am wondering if that will cause some unforeseen difficulties.
>
> Have any of you had a similar problem and how did you resolve it?
A drill press fence works fine 99.99% of the time if is only 3/4" high.
IOW, make the fence shorter ...
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"Ralph" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Well, I bought a Ridgid floor mount drill press a few years ago. It served
>my meager needs well until just recently when I discovered I needed a drill
>press table and fence. The problem I ran into is that the chuck is actually
>mounted lower than the lowest travel of the handle. This limits me to a
>very short fence. Otherwise, when I start to lower the chuck, the handles
>hit the fence. I suspect I can replace the factory handles with something
>shorter, so that I can have a taller fence, but I am wondering if that will
>cause some unforeseen difficulties.
>
>Have any of you had a similar problem and how did you resolve it?
I made my fence asymmetrical, higher on the left side and very low on
the right. The fence [for me] is usually only for horizontal
positioning, but where I want to use it to align something vertically,
I just align the left side and trust the right side not to twist!
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In article <[email protected]>,
Ralph <[email protected]> wrote:
>Well, I bought a Ridgid floor mount drill press a few years ago. It served
>my meager needs well until just recently when I discovered I needed a drill
>press table and fence. The problem I ran into is that the chuck is actually
>mounted lower than the lowest travel of the handle. This limits me to a
>very short fence. Otherwise, when I start to lower the chuck, the handles
>hit the fence. I suspect I can replace the factory handles with something
>shorter, so that I can have a taller fence, but I am wondering if that will
>cause some unforeseen difficulties.
>
>Have any of you had a similar problem and how did you resolve it?
>
>Thanks, Ralph
>
Usually the handles unscrew and all the ones I've seen have an oridinary
bolt thread on the end, maybe 5/16-18 or 3/8-16 or metric in that size
range. I never really gave it much thought before, but my old Delta 11-280
has a handle like a vise does, that slides through from one side to the
other. The 11-280 is a radial drill designed for woodworking. I guess those
old designers knew what they were doing.
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Better to be stuck up in a tree than tied to one.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar.org
I had a delta benchtop that had the same problem. I notched my (high) fence.
I also had a low fence (ie a simple board)
You can also cut the handles and remount the knobs by gluing them back
on with epoxy. Use heat on the shaft before cutting to remove the knobs
if they don't screw off.
On 12/20/2010 1:16 AM, Ralph wrote:
> Well, I bought a Ridgid floor mount drill press a few years ago. It
> served my meager needs well until just recently when I discovered I
> needed a drill press table and fence. The problem I ran into is that the
> chuck is actually mounted lower than the lowest travel of the handle.
> This limits me to a very short fence. Otherwise, when I start to lower
> the chuck, the handles hit the fence. I suspect I can replace the
> factory handles with something shorter, so that I can have a taller
> fence, but I am wondering if that will cause some unforeseen difficulties.
>
> Have any of you had a similar problem and how did you resolve it?
>
> Thanks, Ralph