-
This community needs YOUR help today. We rely 100% on Supporting Memberships to fund our efforts. With the ever increasing fees of everything, we need help. We need more Supporting Members, today. Please invest back into this community. I will ship a few decals too in addition to all the account perks you get.
Sign up here: https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/account/upgrades -
Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.
We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.
Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103
Ok laugh now. I dont care i like it
- Thread starter Crow#21957
- Start date
Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:
Crow#21957
50 Cal.
It sure would I would think.
Well done, If you have a drill press you can make a poor mans milling machine with that cross vise and some end-mill bits.
Thanks,
O.R.
Thanks,
O.R.
Crow#21957
50 Cal.
Yep got fairly nice drill press
A lot more likely to make a poor man's broken drill press.
A lot more likely to make a poor man's broken drill press.
_______________________________________________
Not so much with light cuts and a light touch. But that's just me.
Thanks
O.R.
_______________________________________________
Not so much with light cuts and a light touch. But that's just me.
Thanks
O.R.
Been using that cross vise for 25+ yrs to cut sight slots , and any other small milling jobs . Just use small cutters , and multiple passes. You will be happy with what it will do. Also , run your drill press at high speed. Smallest belt pulley on the quill side.............oldwood
Crow#21957
50 Cal.
I can actually do dovetails on my drill press?
That would really help the quality of my builds. They are good but can be much better. Oldwood I have no idea what cutters to use. Would you care to list them for me,maybe in PM sure would be appreciated.
That would really help the quality of my builds. They are good but can be much better. Oldwood I have no idea what cutters to use. Would you care to list them for me,maybe in PM sure would be appreciated.
I use 1/4 " straight shank milling cutters to cut a groove the size and depth of the sight base , then cut the actual dovetail , with regular " safed " , dovetail sight files from one of the gun tool suppliers , like Brownells , or Midway USA. Don't want to insult your knowledge , but in case you aren't familiar with "safe sight files" , one of the dovetails has no teeth on it. That side of the triangular sight file goes to the bottom of the sight slot.
Sorry , I have no fancy camera phone to take photo's of what I'm trying to describe. My straight shank milling cutters , were given to me by my hunting buddy , who was a professional machinist . Again , these cutters can be ordered from Grizzly Tool Co.. ...........oldwood
Sorry , I have no fancy camera phone to take photo's of what I'm trying to describe. My straight shank milling cutters , were given to me by my hunting buddy , who was a professional machinist . Again , these cutters can be ordered from Grizzly Tool Co.. ...........oldwood
Crow#21957
50 Cal.
Yes I know about the files thanks. I may do a real nice dovetail then a couple or more not perfect. Where I mess up is I will have a SMALL gap under one corner of the sight. Still they are nice but not perfect. I bet I'm getting the overall first cut not good and level. Your method can eliminate that. Thankyou sir.
Crow#21957
50 Cal.
My dovetails are sometimes not perfect , but they show as good a fit as most originals. Also , I would sooner have a functional front sight , than some of the original barley corn front sights. I can't use those at all.
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2003
- Messages
- 6,387
- Reaction score
- 1,252
You can do light work on occasion, but a drill press is NOT a milling machine, and not made with the intent to be a substitute for one. The side pressures will sooner or later wear your bearings out and then you will have neither.
@LRB I agree with you completely. A drill press is not a milling machine and not designed for the side load. BUT this is a hobby for me and my drill press is not used as a mill on a daily basis. I'm quite comfortable that my old beast of a press will outlast me, and if not I'll rebuild it. In my working days in the industrial world I've replaced more bearings and poured more babbitt bearings than I can count. A light touch and light cuts. To @oldwood's credit high speed and small cylindrical end mill cutters, nothing fancy.
Thanks,
O.R.
Thanks,
O.R.
That will ruin the quill of the drill press.
Nice to see some can do types here. We are talking expedients here - not the extended use of equipment for something other than intended purposes. Many years ago I was sent to a remote turbine sight after a failure of critical equipment. We needed a special cut part and only had a GOOD drill onsite. I said we will have it by morning. I removed about 2 cubic inches of steel to a correct dimensions using home made cutters and file finish. In the AM the lead engineer said again "that can not be done." Yes gentlemen - it can be done when needed.
