I just purchased a Jet 17MF drill press. It has belts that let you run
it from 200 rpm to 3200+ rpm. I'd like to find some kind of a resource
that tells me the best speeds for wood by drill size and/or material
thickness. I did a google search but the recommended websites were so
old that they don't exist anymore or have changed their format (e.g.,
Wood Magazine's website). Does anyone have a current resource you can
point me at?
TIA.
Dick Snyder
Look Here:
http://www.woodmagazine.com/wood/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/wood/story/data/203.xml&categoryid=/templatedata/wood/category/data/woodworking_basics_home.xml&page=3
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"Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I just purchased a Jet 17MF drill press. It has belts that let you run
> it from 200 rpm to 3200+ rpm. I'd like to find some kind of a resource
> that tells me the best speeds for wood by drill size and/or material
> thickness. I did a google search but the recommended websites were so
> old that they don't exist anymore or have changed their format (e.g.,
> Wood Magazine's website). Does anyone have a current resource you can
> point me at?
>
> TIA.
>
> Dick Snyder
Surprised you didn't get a "hang on wall" chart with your DP...both Delta's
I've bought supplied them on heavy-duty paper stock that I pin to the wall.
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> Look Here:
>
>
http://www.woodmagazine.com/wood/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/wood/story/data/203.xml&categoryid=/templatedata/wood/category/data/woodworking_basics_home.xml&page=3
>
> (cut and paste address)
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> Chap
>
>
> "Dick Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I just purchased a Jet 17MF drill press. It has belts that let you run
> > it from 200 rpm to 3200+ rpm. I'd like to find some kind of a resource
> > that tells me the best speeds for wood by drill size and/or material
> > thickness. I did a google search but the recommended websites were so
> > old that they don't exist anymore or have changed their format (e.g.,
> > Wood Magazine's website). Does anyone have a current resource you can
> > point me at?
> >
> > TIA.
> >
> > Dick Snyder
>
>
My Delta's have a chart on the inside cover but that only shows the pulley
alignment to achieve a given speed. The chart I'm referring to shows the
appropriate speed for each type of drill bit (spade, twist, etc), size of
the hole and type of material. That's a full 8 1/2x11 piece of paper. Have
to consult that first, then go to the inside cover.
.
"Bill McNutt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Yeah. My Delta floor press has one in the flip top right next to the
belts.
>
> Bill
>
> [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote in message
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> > In article <[email protected]>, "Tom
Kohlman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >Surprised you didn't get a "hang on wall" chart with your DP...both
Delta's
> > >I've bought supplied them on heavy-duty paper stock that I pin to the
wall.
> > >
> > I'll go you one better: my ancient Craftsman DP has a speed chart
riveted to
> > the side of the head. Makes it pretty tough to misplace. :-)
Yeah. My Delta floor press has one in the flip top right next to the belts.
Bill
[email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> In article <[email protected]>, "Tom Kohlman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Surprised you didn't get a "hang on wall" chart with your DP...both Delta's
> >I've bought supplied them on heavy-duty paper stock that I pin to the wall.
> >
> I'll go you one better: my ancient Craftsman DP has a speed chart riveted to
> the side of the head. Makes it pretty tough to misplace. :-)
In article <[email protected]>, "Tom Kohlman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Surprised you didn't get a "hang on wall" chart with your DP...both Delta's
>I've bought supplied them on heavy-duty paper stock that I pin to the wall.
>
I'll go you one better: my ancient Craftsman DP has a speed chart riveted to
the side of the head. Makes it pretty tough to misplace. :-)
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Tom Kohlman wrote:
> My Delta's have a chart on the inside cover but that only shows the pulley
> alignment to achieve a given speed. The chart I'm referring to shows the
> appropriate speed for each type of drill bit (spade, twist, etc), size of
> the hole and type of material. That's a full 8 1/2x11 piece of paper. Have
> to consult that first, then go to the inside cover.
My Ridgid's the same way. I went to the link posted a couple of days ago and
downloaded the chart (2 pages 8.5" X 11"), turned them back to back, and
laminated them. Now I'm good to go. I thank whoever posted that link.
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Doug Miller wrote:
> I'll go you one better: my ancient Craftsman DP has a speed chart riveted
> to the side of the head. Makes it pretty tough to misplace. :-)
My Crapsman DP has the chart right inside the lid so you can look at it
while setting the belts.
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