Hi
I needed to drill some very small holes for jets in a meths burner ( see my post A SMALL BOILER for more info ) I bought some small drills ranging in size from 0.4mm to 1.0mm to play with but the 10mm chuck on my X1 mill is a bit cumbersome for these small drills and the maximum rpm of 2000 isn't fast enough. The following is what I came up with. I have a Dremmel type mini drill that I bought some time ago from B & Q for £20.00. Its 12 volt, runs off a seperate power supply and has a variable speed of 0-20,000. I made a jig to hold it which in turn is held in a 1/2" collet in the X3 mill. The jig itself is made from a piece of ally angle with a 1/2" piece of ally screwed onto one end with 5mm countersunk screws and a 1" piece of ally screwed to the other end with a piece of 1/2" ally round bar pressed in. The mill is unplugged from the mains and has a hose clip with some card board packing fitted to prevent the quill from turning. It works a treat. I haven't included any dimensions as it all depends on what type of mini drill you have.
Drill out the 1/2" ally.
Then bore out to accept the mini drill.
Do the same to the top piece and screw them both to the ally angle.
All the parts.
Hose clip round the quill.
The power supply.
Fitted into a 1/2" collet in the mill.
Heres a short video. Its a bit dark but you will get the idea.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Cs6zsTNVE[/ame]
Any questions just ask
Cheers
Rich
I needed to drill some very small holes for jets in a meths burner ( see my post A SMALL BOILER for more info ) I bought some small drills ranging in size from 0.4mm to 1.0mm to play with but the 10mm chuck on my X1 mill is a bit cumbersome for these small drills and the maximum rpm of 2000 isn't fast enough. The following is what I came up with. I have a Dremmel type mini drill that I bought some time ago from B & Q for £20.00. Its 12 volt, runs off a seperate power supply and has a variable speed of 0-20,000. I made a jig to hold it which in turn is held in a 1/2" collet in the X3 mill. The jig itself is made from a piece of ally angle with a 1/2" piece of ally screwed onto one end with 5mm countersunk screws and a 1" piece of ally screwed to the other end with a piece of 1/2" ally round bar pressed in. The mill is unplugged from the mains and has a hose clip with some card board packing fitted to prevent the quill from turning. It works a treat. I haven't included any dimensions as it all depends on what type of mini drill you have.
Drill out the 1/2" ally.
Then bore out to accept the mini drill.
Do the same to the top piece and screw them both to the ally angle.
All the parts.
Hose clip round the quill.
The power supply.
Fitted into a 1/2" collet in the mill.
Heres a short video. Its a bit dark but you will get the idea.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Cs6zsTNVE[/ame]
Any questions just ask
Cheers
Rich