12-11-2014, 03:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-11-2014, 04:08 PM by the penguin.)
As the owner of the infamous Franken-Mill (1936 Bridgeport/1986 Mill/Drill head), I done some unconventional modifications to some of my machinery, the latest follows that train of thought. I bought an Atlas/Clausing (Johansson of Skokie, Ill) small vertical knee mill. The original head assembly was missing parts and some of those there were trashed, I bought it for the base, knee/table/column assembly, which was in excellent condition. I proceed to clean it up, also putting on new handles and a one shot oiling system.
I removed the column head and the spacer block, and adapted a 12" diameter x 3/4" thick steel disc to the column, then drilled the disc to accept a column off of a 20", 12 speed, Jet floor standing drill press. When all bolted to gether, I then spent a good deal of time tramming the drill press head front to back and side to side. The end product is a very handy drill press with a built in X and Y table and a ability to raise and lower the table.
Since The change over, I have used the Franken-Drill, on numerous occasions with excellent results. All of the changes are bolt on and if I ever find a workable R8 head assembly, I might change this back to a mill, as I have 3 other mills, that's not a front burner to do item. For the time being, I'm very happy with the results.
1 - as it arrived
2 - after drill press head modification
3 - new handles
4 - new handles
5 - old handles
6 - part of the oiling system
I removed the column head and the spacer block, and adapted a 12" diameter x 3/4" thick steel disc to the column, then drilled the disc to accept a column off of a 20", 12 speed, Jet floor standing drill press. When all bolted to gether, I then spent a good deal of time tramming the drill press head front to back and side to side. The end product is a very handy drill press with a built in X and Y table and a ability to raise and lower the table.
Since The change over, I have used the Franken-Drill, on numerous occasions with excellent results. All of the changes are bolt on and if I ever find a workable R8 head assembly, I might change this back to a mill, as I have 3 other mills, that's not a front burner to do item. For the time being, I'm very happy with the results.
1 - as it arrived
2 - after drill press head modification
3 - new handles
4 - new handles
5 - old handles
6 - part of the oiling system
jack