Author Topic: Mill Drill Issue  (Read 2710 times)

Offline jamesemery728

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Mill Drill Issue
« on: February 10, 2011, 01:31:38 PM »
This is just a general question about a round column mill drill. When going from milling to drilling the length of the drill chuck is much longer than collets and requires raising the head for enough clearance. I know that this is one of the often mentioned drawbacks of a mill drill that once you raise or lower the head you have to realign everything again. The question is has anyone come up with a practical solution to this issue like a shorter drill chuck or some other innovative idea. I sometimes just put the drill in a collet if the collet and drill are matching sizes but this is not always the case. I have seen all the configurations that people have built that are designed to keep the head from rotating when you raise and the laser beam on the wall, but if anyone has any other creative ideas I would love to hear them.