All,
I have been working with my new 4" rotary table with a three jaw chuck mounted on it. It works GREAT for milling out the face of a round piece (for a flywheel), but on my small mill there isn't enough headroom to mount a drill chuck in the mill for drilling the holes around the face. Can I use a collet to hold a regular twist drill bit (which will give me the needed head room), or will the drill bit spin in a collet?
For that matter, should I just drill the holes with an endmill? They are only about 1/4" diameter holes.
If I can't use a collet or the endmill to drill the holes, I can remove the 3 jaw check, but it is so convenient to have the piece mounted in the chuck that I would rather not have to mess around with getting the piece remounted directly on the table.
As always, thanks in advance for your help!
Jeff
I have been working with my new 4" rotary table with a three jaw chuck mounted on it. It works GREAT for milling out the face of a round piece (for a flywheel), but on my small mill there isn't enough headroom to mount a drill chuck in the mill for drilling the holes around the face. Can I use a collet to hold a regular twist drill bit (which will give me the needed head room), or will the drill bit spin in a collet?
For that matter, should I just drill the holes with an endmill? They are only about 1/4" diameter holes.
If I can't use a collet or the endmill to drill the holes, I can remove the 3 jaw check, but it is so convenient to have the piece mounted in the chuck that I would rather not have to mess around with getting the piece remounted directly on the table.
As always, thanks in advance for your help!
Jeff