Interior drill holes

[antifoul2020]

Do the percentage of scrollers use a pillar drill or a hand held battery one
For all of the interior drill holes I have a dremel and was thinking about purchasing a
Dremel drill stand

 

[scrimper]

Do the percentage of scrollers use a pillar drill or a hand held battery one
For all of the interior drill holes I have a dremel and was thinking about purchasing a
Dremel drill stand

I normally use a pin chuck in a normal cordless drill, if the work is really delicate and needs a very small hole i use a mini drill (like a dremel).

 

[Eric L]

I use the mini pillar drill from Proxxon after trying the Dremel drill stand which was not well built and repeatedly taking the Dremel out and putting it back in caused excessive wear and tear.
Hope this helps,
Eric

 

[antifoul2020]

Thank you both
Scrimper do you hand hold the dremel
Or do you have it mounted

 

[scrimper]

Thank you both
Scrimper do you hand hold the dremel
Or do you have it mounted

I just hold it freehand.

 

[antifoul2020]

Appreciate the advice
Regards

 

[Jaco]

I use a drill press which can take down to 1mm bits.

 

[antifoul2020]

Do you have the name of that drill press
Or brand Jaco
Regards

 

[Fergie 307]

I have just got one of these mini ones from Aim Tools in Luton.
Saves me going in the shed as it's about a foot high, small enough to sit on my desk.
Mine is supposedly a refurbished return and was half price, £36! But came wrapped in the box with all the bits and pieces like new.
High speed for small bits, three belt positions giving up to 8500rpm and variable speed via a pot on the side.
The chuck is good for bits down to 0.3mm and is a taper fit so should be able to get a collet chuck to fit if necessary.
And it is cast iron, not alloy.
Only has one inch of quill travel, but the whole assembly can be moved up and down the pillar, so max distance from chuck to table is about 7 inches.
Very pleased with it, especially at that price.
It's Katsu, well made and very accurate.
To be honest I would say it is still good value at the full price.
Why returned? One story is that because it looks like a "proper" pillar drill people order one thinking what a bargain at 70 odd quid, not realising it is actually tiny.
Bit like the people who buy a set of garden furniture at a bargain price, not realising it is actually for a dolls house!

 

[Jaco]

Do you have the name of that drill press
Or brand Jaco
Regards

It is an Eurasia (marketed in SA, not sure of rest of world.)
Bought in year 2000 for ZAR350.00
Induction motor and 3 speeds belt-on-pulleys.
Probably one of the best purchases for a workshop when drilling wood or metal.
Made an adjustable table from ply with 2 fences that also adjust, great for repeat drilling.
The light is not mounted on the drill, stands on own.
Drilling longer work, then the drill is moved to the workbench.

 

[Stigmorgan]

My scrollsaw has a rotary drill attachment for drilling the internal holes

 

[antifoul2020]

What make of saw is that

 

[Fergie 307]

You need to bear in mind that the smaller the bit the faster it needs to be run to cut properly. If you intend to drill very small holes you need a fast machine. The general purpose benchtop ones generally only get up to around 2000 rpm. They will do small holes, but the difference if you use one that runs at 2 or three times that speed is like chalk and cheese. The faster machine will cut very clean holes with minimal tearout, simply because the bit is running nearer it's optimal speed.
So if you regularly want to drill holes less than maybe 2mm a high speed machine is preferable. Only problem is they tend to be very small with little capacity, so they are very good at what they do, but they don't do anything else.