Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for
different
woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and
different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood.
DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there
any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different
plywoods and different drill bits?
Thanks,
MJ Wallace
On Jul 21, 2:17 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for
> different
> woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and
> different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood.
>
> DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there
> any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different
> plywoods and different drill bits?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MJ Wallace
Set it on the slowest speed and leave it.
Sat, Jul 21, 2007, 11:35am (EDT-3) [email protected]
(Father=A0Haskell) doth sayeth:
Set it on the slowest speed and leave it.
That's the factory setting on mine. When I first got it, I did
check to see if it was easy to change the speed - it was - but have
never changed it.
JOAT
I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
them.
- Picasso
I suggest you check the following link of WOOD Magazine's website for
a number of free drilling information charts and information:
http://www.woodmagazine.com/wood/story.jsp?catref=wd124&page=3&storyid=/templatedata/wood/story/data/203.xml
I hope this information was helpful.
On Jul 21, 1:17 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for
> different
> woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and
> different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood.
>
> DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there
> any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different
> plywoods and different drill bits?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MJ Wallace
On Jul 21, 7:44 pm, Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:17:54 -0000, "[email protected]"
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for
> >different
> >woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and
> >different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood.
>
> >DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there
> >any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different
> >plywoods and different drill bits?
>
> >Thanks,
>
> >MJ Wallace
>
> Keep this in mind: The harder the material, the slower the cutting
> edge should be. Most of my drilling is done at 800 rpm, but for large
> bits and wheel cutters use 300 rpm. Plexiglas is harder than wood,
> softer than metal so the speed would be somewhere in-between. I
> consider most ply as softwood (pine), but there are some hardwood
> plywoods.
My experience with thermoplastics (PVC, plexiglass) is they
partially liquefy and flow under heat and pressure, allowing the
cutter to grab. With large bits or fly cutters, lube with paraffin
or beeswax, set the drillpress to low rpm, feed lightly, and back
off the cutter frequently to cool it.
[email protected] wrote:
| Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for
| different
| woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and
| different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood.
|
| DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there
| any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different
| plywoods and different drill bits?
Drill the plywood just like you would the solid wood. :-)
(Trying really hard not to overthink the problem.)
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
Any chance that speed chart is available for others to view? I have numbers
for "wood" but not fir different types of wood, etc.
--
Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com
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> Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for
> different
> woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and
> different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood.
>
> DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there
> any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different
> plywoods and different drill bits?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MJ Wallace
>
<[email protected]> wrote in message
> Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for
> different
> woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and
> different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood.
>
> DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there
> any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different
> plywoods and different drill bits?
What!? ... You mean you can _change_ the speed on a drill press?? :)
I set mine on "hardwood" a few years back and promptly forgot about it. It
works just fine in anything I've thrown at it ... my bet is yours will too.
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 6/1/07
KarlC@ (the obvious)
On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:17:54 -0000, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for
>different
>woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and
>different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood.
>
>DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there
>any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different
>plywoods and different drill bits?
>
>Thanks,
>
>MJ Wallace
Keep this in mind: The harder the material, the slower the cutting
edge should be. Most of my drilling is done at 800 rpm, but for large
bits and wheel cutters use 300 rpm. Plexiglas is harder than wood,
softer than metal so the speed would be somewhere in-between. I
consider most ply as softwood (pine), but there are some hardwood
plywoods.