DO NOT use the drill press without having received instructions and official permission from an authorized person.
¶ Drill Press
Please read the Space Rules first, especially the sections on "safety" and "use of machinery".
This page is intended as a reminder and does NOT replace a personal introduction to the drill press.
If you break the rules layed out on this page, your permission can be revoked.
- contact: Please ask in the #hobelhoehle channel to receive a personal introduction
¶ Overview
- The drill press is a machine drill holes in materials. It rotates at very high speeds and is quite dangerous.
- if you are working on hard materials such as metal, ensure sufficient cooling by using cutting oil.
- Neighbours don't like the noise: no using machines between 19:30-9:00 and on Sundays.
¶ Safety gear required
- Eye protection (if necessary, e.g. drilling into metal)
- Hearing protection (if necessary, depends on what you are doing)
¶ Safety instructions
- Do NOT wear gloves (as they can get caught in the drill)
- Clamp your workpiece firmly to prevent it from rotating, which can lead to bruising, crushing,... leads.
¶ Setup
- Adjust the speed to the tool (diameter) and the material to be processed.
- Adjust the bed and lock it (lock is on the back left)
- Clamp down the material (small pieces should be clamped on both sides)
- Ensure the drill is positioned correctly (use a hammer to make small adjustments)
- Optional step: if you don't want to drill through the piece, you can use the locking screw on the wheel.
¶ Check list before turning on
- Eye and hearing protection
- Bed is locked
- Wood is clamped (2 with smaller pieces)
¶ Before drilling
- While the drill press is on, check that the drill bit is turning correctly (not wobbly)
- Adjust the speed (1500 for soft wood, 1300-1400 for hard wood)
- Keep left hand on the emergency brake
- Turn with the right hand
¶ Clean up
- Vacuum up any waste
- Return drill bits
- Return safety gear
¶ Shortcuts
- Hobelhöhle
- Circular saw For ripping timber in fibre direction and panel materials
- Miter saw cuts timber and boards to length with angles of 90-45°
- Band saw for curved cuts or rough cutting of timber
- Thicknessing planer Makes timber thinner
- Drill press Makes holes in pretty much everything
- Lathe This is our lathe. There are many others like it, but this one is ours.
- CNC Does what the computer says
- Tormek Wet grinding machine for tool sharpening
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