Drill Press Rack And Pinion Mechanism

09 05 2008 01 22 am 12.

Drill press rack and pinion mechanism.

Removed the old rack from the. I have an old continental international made in taiwan 15 inch floor drill press that i bought on craigslist several years ago. View profile view forum posts diamond join date oct 2003 location east. The rack is slightly shorter than original but that doesn t present a problem as the table still comes all the way up to meet the chuck so it s plenty long enough.

After years of struggling to raise and lower the table i finally tried to replace the rack. It works very well but it had a broken column rack when i bought it. In some cases the pinion as the source of power drives the rack for locomotion. I was going to make a small precision drill press out of one.

Manufacturer of rack and pinion press rack and pinon press for holding drill head holding drill head rack and pinon press precise rack and pinion press with return lock mechanism offered by hammer knock pressotechnologies i private limited thane maharashtra. A wide variety of drill press rack pinion options are available to you. The machine i think dates from the mid 1970s. Pro form treadmills use a rack and pinion for the incline mechanism.

The drill is british good quality and still manufactured all spares available however the optional rack and pinion table lift costs several times what i paid for the drill so i just can t justify it. Newer dps come with a rack and pinion dp 350 for one but the mechanism is cast into the table collar. Cranked old rack up through pinion gear 4. 09 05 2008 12 37 pm 15.

This would be typical in a drill press spindle or a slide out mechanism where the pinion is stationary and drives the rack with the loaded mechanism that needs to be moved. The counter weight was an option on some models. Cranked new rack down through pinion. Some have rigged a trailer hitch jack to their tables.

If you want i will look to see if i have saved one. A rack and pinion was also an option. Others use a counter weight inside the column with a pulley on top and a cable around the table collar.