THIS Is What Can Happen If You Use a Drill Press as a Router

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Ever wonder if a drill press can be used as a router, in a pinch? Same here. Today we're finding out what might happen if you try use a router bit in a drill press.
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@jbsnarayana4938 Год назад

Now here is a real work horse! It can be used as a drill press ru-vid.comUgkxajoEbapTfqWaadnqb04h6U576yxXp-FE for fine work; use a jig, set it in the horizontal position and cut-off steel wire (or pipe if you need to) at precise measurements. I used it on my Radio Control Boat building to shorten the motor drive shaft (stainless steel) by 1 5/8" then soften the cut edge.While jigs are necessary for a lot of work and the workstation must be fastened down for safety, the right jig and your imagination are the only limits I can think of. I'm going to try some routing by building a base with a 90 degree fence and router bit slot and make some fancy cuts using the Dremel router bits (just watch direction of feed, just like a big router)!

@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT 2 года назад

Good cautionary advice you gave! A few years back, I had the chuck fall out (B16 taper) when attempting a similar stunt with my drill press. Only a minor scratch on a finger, but the work was completely ruined. It's amazing how easily chucks fall off with lateral force, when they are so hard to come out when you want them to.

@christopherpavlicas 2 года назад

Jose, I had the same thing happen while trying to cut a groove for a fence gate latch. Using the wrong tool for a job is never a good option. Lesson learned.

@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT 2 года назад

@@christopherpavlicas Yep. Seems we only learn the hard way - I knew it was wrong and why it was wrong, but I still had to try it 🙂

@michaeldeleted 2 года назад

I did not know that they could fall off that way. It's good to know. When I put the chuck on my drill press I sort of figured it would be impossible to ever get off again.

@bolgertom1 2 года назад

This video just came up in my YT feed, just 2 hours after I had damaged (not fully ruined) a workpiece by using an end mill in my Mini Mill mounted in a Jakobs chuck instead of correctly holding it in a collet chuck. Even mounted firmly in the Jakobs chuck after some passes side milling (lateral forces!) the end mil became loose and damaged the recess I was milling as well as part of a machine vise jaw! Lesson learnt: Jakobs chucks are not designed for lateral forces!

@HepauDK 2 года назад

The chuck / morse taper isn't the only thing that isn't designed for lateral movement. Depending on the type of bearings on the spindle, those might be exposed to unintended stress, wearing them out prematurely.

@ypaulbrown 2 года назад

actually it is a Jacobs taper that the chuck has, a Morse taper is much longer and would possibly be the taper going into the spindle, depending on the drill press.

@mpetersen6 2 года назад

@@ypaulbrown Neither a Morse Taper or a Jacobs Taper is meant for lateral forces. On milling machines that use Morse Taper collets the collets are held in with a draw bar through the spindle. Also the bearings in a drill press are designed to take an axial load. Not a radial one.

@ypaulbrown 2 года назад

@@mpetersen6 I know, I only stated what the tapers were, please read my comment below this one. Paul

@SharkyMoto 2 года назад

the bearings will be just fine, they hold 10k hrs with correct load and 9k with incorrect, neither of wich a home owned machine will ever see and even if, those bearings are dirt cheap to repace.

@stickyfox 2 года назад

He was face cutting, taking thickness off the plate; so the lateral force is very little in this example; comparable to drilling. But for side cutting, yeah, probably not the best depending on your brand of drill press.

@simonmurray2002 2 года назад

For setting the height to remove, you could have set the quill stop to the current height of the insert then put an extra piece of the plastic underneath to raise it by exactly the thickness required with no eyeball work

@mavenfeliciano1710 2 года назад

Good video. I have not thought about the chuck coming loose. Glad you had that insight from sanding before attempting this experiment. Another reason not to use the drill press is the amount of exposure of the router bit. One could make a guard for it, but again, if the chuck comes loose, the guard will do little help.

@ryanmacewen511 2 года назад

Straight cut router bits, worked great in a drill press for me in the past. My application was to mill out a round spring pocket in aluminum, I used a drill press vise, and cut was just vertical. I've also used V cut router bits as 90 degree countersinks in aluminum. This worked better than a few countersink bits I've used.

@salimufari 8 месяцев назад

7:30 really glad you touched on how the quillion that holds the chuck in place is a tapered cone fitment & how side load can loosen that connection.

@edwinfriedl2446 2 года назад

As a Shopsmith owner. this is one area it really excels. The bearings can take axial and radial loads, unlike a drill press. As can the chuck mounting. And it has router chucks to hold the bit, which unlike a Jacob's chuck have no problem with side load.

@giacomoneri1782 8 месяцев назад

My question is, is it possible to use a router as a drill press? I'm new to woodworking, and i need to do some prototypes for which I'll need a router, but i also need to punch a couple of straight holes in it, and i wonder if i can save some money and space using the router as a drill.

@edwinfriedl2446 8 месяцев назад

@@giacomoneri1782 How will you center it over the exact place you want to drill?

@johnleonard5857 2 года назад

I’m a firm believer in the right tool for the right job. Glad you didn’t get hurt but I was nervous the entire 5pm you were doing that.

@johndeaux9987 2 года назад

Thank God you ended with saying you don't recommend this, LOL. I was thinking the whole time, someone is going to destroy their drill press, glad you explained that.

@adama1294 2 года назад

Knew this but now I am wondering about the shop fox oscillating drill press. It is designed to be used as a sander that has a mechanism to auto shift the drill head up and down.

@patatje1434 2 года назад

i was nervous with you, but i'm glad it worked out for you. stay safe buddy

@tonywilson4713 2 года назад

*NEWS FLASH:* From the engineering and metal working fraternity. DON'T PUT LATERAL TOOLING (as in tools you cut sideways with) in standard drill chucks *ITS DANGEROUS.* 1) The Jacobs arbors and screw threaded arbors they are attached with are NOT designed for side (lateral) machining like Morse tapers and "N" tapers are. 2) The 3 jaws in drill chucks are NOT designed for side (lateral) machining. This is why things like *collet chucks* were invented. 3) The spindles in drill presses are NOT designed for side (lateral) machining. This is why equivalent sized milling machines are 3 to 10x the cost. The spindle bearings in a drill or drill press are substantially less than those in routers, die grinders and mills which are designed for side (lateral) machining loads. 4) Using tools in chucks not designed for them can snap tools or the tools can simply fly out of the chuck. Either way you can have shrapnel flying around. Occasionally you will see some professional machinists use a milling cutter in a standard drill chuck on a lathe or mill. Listen to what they warn about the practice and *note they only plunge cut* (like cut a counterbore for a cap head screw) with it - *they don't machine sideways.* *DON'T DO THIS* Safety is always about tomorrow. -> Is it better to finish the job tomorrow or be in hospital tomorrow?

@TheDavemarz 2 года назад

I've done more machining than wood working and the moment I saw the title of this video I cringed for all of the reasons you listed above. I can not up vote you enough. He should remove this video or edit this video with a follow up with all of the dangers you listed.

@tonywilson4713 2 года назад

@@TheDavemarz I'm an engineer who has worked on mine site construction for most of the last 20 years and was in manufacturing for about 16 years before that. This is the sort of behavior that would get you kicked out/off of MOST of the sites I have worked. Everyone knows about the medical costs, repairs costs & legal costs, but few people have ever costed the lost production and when they have its been staggering. Those production costs go straight to the bonus system for managers. *You can get away with just about anything these days EXCEPT threatening a managers bonuses.*

@mmgross144 2 года назад

It worked because the diameter of the router bit was far narrower than the diameter of the chuck and because you were working with a grain less engineered product. Make the but wider or use a hardwood and your creating a hazardous situation. Although there used to be a product called a Safety Planer that was designed to work on the drill press and could be used to plane a workpiece flat. It was supposedly very safe even though it was wide and to be used on all varieties of wood . I never saw it in action, but it's always safest to use the right tool for the right job.

@stuffoflardohfortheloveof 2 года назад

Yep, something I have pondered over. Ta for showing me instead 👍

@PabloEskimofo 2 года назад

Thank you for curbing my curiosity as well! Now I don’t feel like I have to try it out myself lol

@glencrandall7051 2 года назад

There are too many better ways to do this. Drum sander, router table, table saw, hand router plane to name a few. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.

@r.b.fraunhofer1655 2 года назад

For light cuts, there's not much difference between a router bit and an end mill you would use in a milling machine. I've heard of machinists using roundover bits on aluminum, and I've made light cuts in aluminum with a router. But, as you said, drill presses don't have the chuck (actually collet) and bearings of a milling machine. I've also cut mortises in wood in the milling machine, though very slow due to max RPM of 2000. Router table would be the right tool for this job. Maybe even a belt sander? Somebody's going to try this with less care and find out how much flesh a sharp bit can remove as the chuck comes loose...

@joelmacdonald6994 2 года назад

Yup, I’m a professional and ticketed machinist. I can confirm that router bits and even circular blades can cut aluminum when done carefully

@davesatosky5840 2 года назад

so i want to see you try a round over bit in a hand drill, lol but i dont want you to get hurt, but this is entertaining.. thanks for video taping yourself doing something stupid lol, those are my favorite genre

@canaan5337 2 года назад

I used a router bit in the drill press before but I just did a plunge cut with a round nose bit to make a round bottomed hole in a peice of wood that was small so I had to use a drill press vice to hold it any how so using the drill press made sure the bit went straight down and had no chance of hitting the vice jaws.

@scottyb4260 2 года назад

Good take. That will keep me from trying this. I probably would have started with something similar to the work you did.

@josiahz21 2 года назад

Nice. Feather boards for extra safety wouldn’t be a bad idea.

@pauldershem 2 года назад

Why not mill a dado in the throat plate to a depth of .021"? That would put the tape flush with the wood surrounding it, and it's a much simpler operation.

@GNU_Linux_for_good 2 года назад

I wonder if I could use a trim router as a drill press motor, with a drill bit inserted. Would that work?

@davidburlingame9336 7 месяцев назад

A shopsmith probably would work better since its designed to handle side pressure as in a lathe mode.

@SamPeabody Год назад

Wouldn’t it have been easier to cut a .0021” straight channel on the top surface of the plate on a table saw to flush-mount the tape in, rather than routing the irregular shape of the bottom?

@watermain48 2 года назад

I see a new name for your channel coming. Something like "The Adventures of...". Great video.

@MyRadDesign 2 года назад

Many, many reasons not to try this. Sure, it *might* work, but what is the plan if it does not? Use the proper tool for the proper task, with proper PPE.

@stevem268 2 года назад

i have used my drill press as an overhead router a few times. my 1946 beaver 3700 drill press is much more suited for it than most modern drill presses for two major reasons. first of all the jacobs taper that hold the chuck onto the spindle is not a secure fastening system nor is it suitable for a side load. the chuck on my beaver is held on by a jt33 jacobs taper plus the chuck has a locking collar that threads onto the spindle above the taper. the chuck cannot come off without loosening that collar second issue is the bearings in the quill. most drill presses have sealed ball bearings in there, not suitable for side loads. the beaver has tapered roller bearings(like the wheels on a trailer) these are much more suitable for the side loads a third issue is cutter speed. a drill press is much too slow for router bits. a router spins at 20,000 plus rpm, a drill press might reach 8000

@mpetersen6 2 года назад

This is right up there with the fools who think a drill press is a milling machine. I'm surprised one of RU-vid channels that come up with home built machines hasn't designed a usable milling machine for wood. Built out of wood of course.

@villijs33321 2 года назад

ohh that disapointment when I read the title and alleredy expect major fail or atleast some injury :D jsut didn't get the point fo that yelo tape - why need it at first place...

@BruceOfWaynes 2 года назад

Need an x/y table for something like this and you'd be good go. I mill hardwoods with my drill press all the time. Wouldn't attempt milling metals, but for wood it works great.

@williamfitzer4805 2 года назад

I would have used a hand plane.

@andrewdraper8336 2 года назад

Why would it not work?

@flashcraft8287 Месяц назад

Video starts at 2:14 on the timeline.

@brianlister6036 2 года назад

basically Scared $hitless ..... "let's do it" Love it, great solution, bit ropey for me but nonetheless entertaining

@Yellow.Dog. 2 года назад

Interesting that Hand tool Rescue has been using a drill press with wire brush for years without any problems from side load. I hear internet echo in the comment section here.

@bobbg9041 7 месяцев назад

First off they make overarm routers Normal router bits work in. Second your chuck speed it too slow for that bit. Third a drill press chuck is designed to hold a drill bit in a vertical motion, not in horizontal movement, the extra side stress can cause a bit to come loose. Milling machines use a split collet that holds a bit in side to side pressure as well as down and up forces. Wile a drill press can work, its not safe because the bit can come loose or with a j series type chuck fall out of the spindle even a mores taper chuck can fall out. Routers use split type collects But even if that was the type of chuck your using it still doesn't overcome the type of fit to the quill. So DO NOT USE ROUTER BITS IN A DRILL PRESS. Its too dangerous The reason you can with a mill is the collet bolts to the headstock. Holding the tool extremely tight..

@bobbg9041 7 месяцев назад

You can make an over arm router Or just use your router or the table saw. Better yet, just put tape on the bed to lift it to that level. Nothings changed. Or you can make one that fits your saw and you can change an insert. Why is your zero clearance messed up did you cut an angel with it? Put the original one back on if you do.

@alis-k3917 2 года назад

Router is faster. I think for cleaner cuts

@Raven.flight 2 года назад

MacGyver approves.

@thenylon1003 Месяц назад

5:47

@abouteverything2115 2 года назад

I was just looking at your fingers and how close they were to a rotating unguarded chuck while moving a loose object engaged with it. I was nervous until you finished that cut since I thought you are going ElectroBoom on us (search up if you don’t know what that is). As a safety engineer, I highly advise against this 🚫🚫🚫🚫

@soledude Год назад

👍👍👍

@NBGTFO 2 года назад

I've never been a fan of people using tools for things they weren't meant to be used for. Still not a fan.

@markproulx1472 2 года назад

Don’t use a machine to perform a function for which it was not designed. 8 minutes condensed into five seconds.0

@loustoneberger8921 2 года назад

Don’t try this at home???? Sounds like a challenge 😎😎😋😋

@KVASavannah 2 года назад

Should’ve began with “Hey Y’all watch this”. 😀

@stephenrichie4646 2 года назад

Never tried it, never will.

@richpeggyfranks490 2 года назад

I was going to try this myself a few years ago. I had the drill press set at high speed and had the bit in the chuck. But, I "chickened out". Visions of flying, razor sharp, carbide-tipped router bit fragments freaked me out. Haha. I still use your jig-less spline miter technique for picture frames. I use my table saw tenoning jig to hold everything in position. Works everytime. Thanks.

@rw7532 2 года назад

Yep….improvised claymore mine.

@brucemiller1696 2 года назад

38 yrs of woodworking and never worried about router bits shattering.

@JimFleming1953 2 года назад

Exactly the right way to get chewed up with a high speed router bit, Jamie. I'm glad that you didn't have a problem. But the taper inside that Jacobs chuck won't take much side loading like that to show you just how much meat it could take off of you... . Nice work, Jamie.

@jackjones7615 2 года назад

As a H&S Officer I think you are defeating the object, Showing people something that can cause real harm is off the scale no matter how many times you say in your video I don't recommend it. I'm shocked at you.... Robbie from Huyton Liverpool UK..

@petermoore9504 2 года назад

Most drill presses do not have any strength lateraly so you are putting a heavy load on parts of the drill press it wasn't designed for. It will work for a while but it is a good way to ruin a good drill press.

@neilphillips3193 2 года назад

He literally says that in the last minute of the video.

@smittery 2 года назад

Having done this before *ahem* professionally....... A couple notes. 1 moving the table up instead of the quill down frees your other hand for holding the work and increases stability of the tool head. 2 helical cutters reduce cutting load, and thus vibration and unintentional damage, but upcutting works against the Morse taper, so down cutting with good chip extraction, no slots 3 fully supported cuts only, no coping. 4 if you plan to do it more than a little, which I don't recommend, reducing the vibration of the body by bolting it to a wall is really helpful as well.

@Owensguitarstudio 2 года назад

Using a Safe-T-Planer bit is probably the best way to do this. They've been around for many years and are purposely designed to be used laterally on your drill press.

@bensimons8741 2 года назад

I knew a luthier would mention the Safe-T-Planer.

@7StrokeRoll 2 года назад

The well-known luthier supply company that I work for sells the Safe-T-Planer; it is a popular product and would be my first choice if I were to attempt milling with my drill press. Personally, I'll stick to using my router table for this kind of work.

@handyandy8671 2 года назад

Stay with the "Right Tool" for the job and always be safe! thanks

@TheFalconJetDriver 2 года назад

The Morse taper is what found in many drill presses. Yep they are not designed for side loads as you discovered! 🤣🛫

@conormcmenemie5126 Год назад

FYI. A router bit with a 2mm (1/12") diameter head at 18,000 RPM would have any point on it's circumference with a velocity of 113m/s. BUT my dovetail bit with diameter of 12.7mm (1/2") would only need 2,835 RPM to achieve the same tip velocity. SOOOOOO the pillar drill at max revs (+-1,500) is definitely in the ballpark re RPM for router bits with greater diameters. Also it has the benefit of you having a better top view of what you are doing.

@ravenbarsrepairs5594 2 года назад

Been there, done that.... If you think using at as a router is bad, don't try milling metal... The chuck occassionally get's thrown when the jacobs taper breaks free.

@RobertKarlBerta 2 года назад

I am a retired Safety Engineer for a large company (25,000 employees). After having to conduct OSHA safety investigations of employees injured by these type of "experiments". PLEASE don't do it!!!! Use the correct tool for the job so you can maintain your fingers, limbs, and eyes. This video shouldn't even be on RU-vid frankly as it migh encoruage people to try it.

@mattelias721 2 года назад

Interesting... that's one word to describe this idea. Glad it worked, man, because other words would include: 'insane,' 'unsafe,' 'wtf,' and 'wtf-you-dumba**.' I don't mean to troll here, dude, honestly. That said, I'm missing finger parts of my own because of ideas like this. Manipulating a mouse to create edited content will be impaired if that happens to you, and none of us want that.

@docolemnsx 2 года назад

4 minutes in, I think you missed the opportunity to glue the part to the plywood and move the entire thing instead. Could work, could send it flying, I'd have tried though xD

@AsiAzzy 2 года назад

Wrong speed (small endmill needs fast speed, big heavy fly cutters might run correct speed but the space-time fabric will warp near the balls of someone who would put a fly-cutter in a drillpress) Wrong bearings (the radial force is way lower, and for many the axial force is held only downward so it may have some play up and down at fixed height but not under normal vertical load, so it may actually have considerable play up and down) Wrong chuck (jacobs chuck is not good for lateral loads, it can loosen in a hurry, COLLETS is the name of the game.. ER or other flavour) Wrong chuck material (endmills have hardened surface, it needs hardened jaws and a ton of pressure to keep is snug radially, softer jaws will bend to conform but vibration will loosen the hardened endmill) Wrong chuck mounting to column (morse taper is not good at all for side loads, the very cheap drillpresses got this better with a taper and a screw in the center of the chuck - all proper mills have a drawbar morse taper) Wrong table (obviously, a movable XYZ table would be needed for milling, or at least one axis) Wrong quality of all the components (i mean a drillpress can be a precise machine but in majorty of the cases all castings are worse finished and less accurate than on a mill. So this means unlevel table, slop of the table if moved (that may shift on different spot regardles if you tram the table), play in the bearings, etc. if the mounting of the chuck is good enough (with a center screw like cheap handheld drills chucks) you can try it on wood and plastics as an experiment with cautionary measures. Otherwise don't try it.. it may release the chuck with varying consequences and why take a risk when not necessary? a handheld router is a lot cheaper and it does the job better and safer.

@f.d.6667 2 года назад

There are many things wrong with this approach: bearings not meant for lateral loads is the obvious one, but rpms WAY too low is the next issue. If you can't increase the rpms, you need to use a "sharper" bit - a HSS downcut bit would improve safety and surface quality a lot.

@contessa.adella 8 месяцев назад

There a several YT vids where pillar drills are fitted with a home made spool sander drum…it works of course, but the same risk of breaking the morse taper lock and damaging the the thrust bearings is always there. Don’t do any side loading of a drill’s quill unless you don’t care about your tools or the risk of a heavy rotating chuck flying out….

@clevelandexplorer2221 2 года назад

I appreciate there's a lot of pedantic jobsworths who say absolutely not to what something isn't designed for, which goes against science and engineering and what not. But this proves even if one does it, it shows what can and shouldn't be done or what's not recommended. I see this is safe and everything calculated, depth adjusted tools keeping body and fingers/hands away, a sacrificial fence etc etc. It's surely not recommended but if one doesn't have. Router and is pushed, I can't blame them-and you-for doing this :) I see risks are removed where possible and unless clothes caught, I don't see this being dangerous the way you were being careful. Everything's dangerous, the damn table saw is more common and dangerous for lots of reasons. So thanks for sharing :)

@mikeking7470 2 года назад

I have a Shopsmith, made to be a router and drum sander as well as a drill press. A used older Mark 5 can be only a few hundred bucks. I gave $200 for mine and also have the bandsaw and jigsaw attachments. Jacob chucks are terrible for holding router bits, you need a collet chuck.

@marshalllhiepler 2 года назад

As soon as he said: "Don't try this at home." I sprinted to my drill press, chucked up a router bit, and lopped-off a finger. 😀👍

@corbittehenry4076 2 месяца назад

you are a really a good woodworker. However, you and other woodworkers say don't try this at home or this could be dangerous. Why make a video that a real woodworker would not even think about using because of the danger it presents? The guys who say I can do that looks easy are the ones who spill their blood.

@connecticutaggie 2 года назад

What you did is you turned your drill press into a milling machine. This is nothing new. The first time I saw that was over 40 years ago. In general I have only used this technique with Delron. It is amazing stuff, mills lit metal but it is self lubricating. Now you need to make something out of Delron. It might be possible to do this with aluminum but you would likely need to use oil which can get pretty messy.

@dllion3196 2 года назад

This can work. In terms of dangerous, there is a huge difference between 20,000 RPM ad approx 500 RPM

@biggswins 2 года назад

You should have forgotten the DRILL feed handle Placed piece to be routed under the bit Raised table till bit touches piece Place thin piece under routed piece Turn on drill and use both hands To guide piece just like it was a router

@MirlitronOne 2 года назад

A delightful feature of modern push-fit taper mounts instead of a proper solid mount with key chuck.

@brian-hall 8 месяцев назад

You should never do this. Apart from the risk/damage to bearings or the chuck, the router bit is hardened steel as are the chuck jaws so there is a real risk of that bit slipping out and causing so much mayhem

@dpav7994 2 года назад

Get a Shopsmith, you can pick them up cheap used. They do an awesome job being a drill press, router, table saw, lathe, etc.

@ScreamingEagleFTW 2 года назад

some drill presses have a threaded collar and are designed for lateral loads like routing and shaping. What was your RPM you failed to tell us that. Kinda important dont you think?

@MrFreakwent 2 года назад

Just put two strips side by side on top of your throat plate so the entire surface is covered , then cut the bottom for a flush fit. No raised middle section from a single strip of tape that way .

@em9594 2 года назад

You should look for a collet attachment for your drill press that way you can put things like router bits in it safely and sand in it safely, maybe this old Tony or diresta can make something for your drill press?

@BilingualHobo 2 года назад

Your not really using the drill as a router, your using it as a mill which seems less scary and probably a lot of people do it without thinking of it as dangerous/damaging. But as you point out it is.

@PaulSteMarie 2 года назад

Prediction: drill chuck pops off the taper. Well, I guess you got lucky with the light cut.

@Destros2ndone 2 года назад

prepreration is key i had to do this in my work a couple of times with aluminium and a milling bit set the pressdrill to highest speed, set the height of the table and the workpiece, drive the workpiece throught against the rotation works fine, if you know how and for a few millimeters but i would suggest that to anyone else without the knowledge

@robertlis2704 2 года назад

Why would you even do that when you have a rotor table I think you made a huge mistake for making that video just for safety reasons I feel you should pull that video

@JLang-bn3hs 7 месяцев назад

In real life, it’s called an overhead router. You should lock the quill down so you could use both hands to control the piece.

@martinwebb7294 2 года назад

My comment is on a different tack. By removing material on the underside of your insert you now have a gap between the end of the table and the insert. In my humble opinion, it would be better if you were to route out the top of the insert where the tape is going to go. This way you don't have to readjust your insert and you wouldn't have the gap between the table and the insert.

@alexfrederick9019 2 года назад

At least that drill press isn't a POS. It's no replacement for a mill though. Be careful.

@CorneliusCoupe 2 года назад

ive done this and immediately had to watch. Ive had to do this and ill never do it again luckily no major damage but took a chomp at my thumb and it hurt! definitely don't do this! hahha

@morg52 2 года назад

I use a router bit in the drill press when I want to cut a slot in extruded aluminum material. I mount the aluminum piece in a dual axis drill press vise and move the bit through the work with the screws on the vise like a milling machine.

@5084204 2 года назад

Nice experiment. You have exercised a lot of caution, but despite that, it just does not feel right ;)

@VenomKen 2 года назад

This is a lesson in how to make something take longer, and make it more dangerous, that could have been done on the table saw in the time it took you to figure out the set up to do it on the drill press.

@rayg436 2 года назад

Why not 2 side tape on the ply and slide the plywood through to keep the hands free from the blade

@BrokenLifeCycle 2 года назад

You know what this means? You should make a three axis milling machine out of a router.

@Azurko 2 года назад

I might be dumb but why not cover the entire piece with that tape, then adjust it so it's level?

@ralphgibson3696 2 года назад

Thanks for the video on what can be done in a pinch, but not recommended. I think I'd have set the drill press table at the right height, to use two hands on the material. Of course, in my case I think I'll stick to the (less scary) router table.

@Tristoo 2 года назад

wait so you're telling my you didn't explode? that's unexpected

@caintiger 2 года назад

If that makes you nervous maybe you should take up needle point. Lmao

@DieselRamcharger 2 года назад

when the chuck falls off you got a high speed gut cutter comin at ya.

@barryirby8609 2 года назад

Hold my Beer, watch this... You have a nice router table. why not put the same bit in the router, raise it just above the table, set the fence and route it?

@in2rock275 2 года назад

My thoughts exactly!!!

@aggieaquarist8470 2 года назад

ROFL really! Hold my beer, watch this ...

@brucemiller1696 2 года назад

It is a perfect sollution for having the same material left over no matter your piece thickness. Just like a radial arm saw.

@mike93lx 2 года назад

Because he wouldn't be able to make a video about it

@Nereosis16 2 года назад

Video: explicitly states that he knows there are better ways to do this but always wanted to try it This guy: hurr Durr could have used the router table hurr durr