11-01-2022, 11:35 AM
(09-01-2022, 01:19 PM)PTony Griffiths Wrote:I brought this compound table,on a cheap one off eBay.16 1/2 x 6 1/2 table for around 100 quid and since fitting it haven't swung the drilling table back and find it more useful than clamping down on the drilling table.(08-01-2022, 06:36 PM)Nick Turley Wrote: For me to allow a complete A7 restoration I would consider the following very desirable :-That's the best concise list so far - I'd add just one thing a 'Mill-Drill" that would replace the pillar drill and be a most useful piece of kit. Being able to position the vice directly under the drill bit or milling cutter makes life so much easier. On a budget? Get a cheap compound screw-feed vice to bolt to the table of the pillar drill - again, it transforms the machine and makes many jobs so very much easier.
Means of having the chassis at waist height
An engine stand with a ledge underneath for bits
A parts washer
Oxcy /Acetylene
A decent lathe
A decent Piller drill
A big compressor
Plenty of LED tube lighting
Heating
Good firm benches with at least one big vice
Power grinders/ polisher/ big wire brush
The drilling machine in my mind is one of the most dangerous things in the workshop,either trying to hold something by hand or often in a loose vice can spin and catch you out.
The other useful item I purchased then was a 2 Morse taper to ER 25 collet chuck and now use a Jacobs type chuck in it with a plain 16 mm shank.It gives you the option to hold light milling cutters more ridigly too.
Ridigity,there's no substitute for cast iron.try and get hold of a heavily built drill if this is what you intend to do.Mine an old Meddings ,bought for scrap 30 odd years ago is ideal.