When they say a 10" drill press or a 15" or 20", etc., what is that
measuring? Is that the maximum distance between the drill chuck and the
table??

Thanks!

JWho wrote:
When they say a 10" drill press or a 15" or 20", etc., what is that
measuring? Is that the maximum distance between the drill chuck and the
table??

Believe that it is usually the largest diameter that it can drill to
the center of, in other words, twice the distance from the column to
the chuck.
--Glenn Lyford

Distance from the center of the quill to the outside of the post. Sometimes
the post diameter is included. A 12" x 3" might mean 12" radial distance,
and a 3" post.

I think. It's been over five minutes, so who knows?

Don't trust us old farts without checking it out.


"JWho" wrote in message
news:_KKif.578657$x96.258850@attbi_s72...
When they say a 10" drill press or a 15" or 20", etc., what is that
measuring? Is that the maximum distance between the drill chuck and the
table??

Thanks!

When they say a 10" drill press or a 15" or 20", etc., what is that
measuring? Is that the maximum distance between the drill chuck and the
table??

Thanks!


"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
...
Distance from the center of the quill to the outside of the post.
Sometimes
the post diameter is included. A 12" x 3" might mean 12" radial distance,
and a 3" post.

I think. It's been over five minutes, so who knows?

Don't trust us old farts without checking it out.


What's a quill??

That's the shaft the chuck is mounted to.

JWho wrote:

What's a quill??

What's a quill??

It's the part of the drillpress that goes up and down, carrying the
chuck.
--Glenn Lyford

"Mike Berger" wrote in message
...
That's the shaft the chuck is mounted to.

JWho wrote:

What's a quill??



Thank you for the information.

wrote in message
ups.com...
What's a quill??

It's the part of the drillpress that goes up and down, carrying the
chuck.
--Glenn Lyford


Thank you for the information.

"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
...
Distance from the center of the quill to the outside of the post.
Sometimes
the post diameter is included. A 12" x 3" might mean 12" radial distance,
and a 3" post.

I think. It's been over five minutes, so who knows?

Don't trust us old farts without checking it out.


"JWho" wrote in message
news:_KKif.578657$x96.258850@attbi_s72...
When they say a 10" drill press or a 15" or 20", etc., what is that
measuring? Is that the maximum distance between the drill chuck and the
table??

Thanks!



By post do you mean the pole in the back that holds it up?

No need to worry about being an old fart. It is better to have known it and
forgot it than to have never known.

wrote:

JWho wrote:


When they say a 10" drill press or a 15" or 20", etc., what is that
measuring? Is that the maximum distance between the drill chuck and the
table??



Believe that it is usually the largest diameter that it can drill to
the center of, in other words, twice the distance from the column to
the chuck.
--Glenn Lyford



Of course if the Sears air compressor rating squad ever gets ahold of
it, they'll rate a drill press at 40 or 50 feet because you can drill a
hole through the side of something that long

Koz

JWho wrote:

"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
...
Distance from the center of the quill to the outside of the post.
Sometimes
the post diameter is included. A 12" x 3" might mean 12" radial distance,
and a 3" post.

I think. It's been over five minutes, so who knows?

Don't trust us old farts without checking it out.


"JWho" wrote in message
news:_KKif.578657$x96.258850@attbi_s72...
When they say a 10" drill press or a 15" or 20", etc., what is that
measuring? Is that the maximum distance between the drill chuck and the
table??

Thanks!



By post do you mean the pole in the back that holds it up?

No need to worry about being an old fart. It is better to have known it and
forgot it than to have never known.



just watch out if they say the drill has an 17 inch column. That would
be the diameter of the column of a radial arm drill. A drill with an
11 inch column would stand about 12 feet tall. G


John

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:44:46 -0600, Mike Berger
wrote:

That's the shaft the chuck is mounted to.

JWho wrote:

What's a quill??


No..thats the spindle.

The Quill is the long movable up and down thingy that the spindle is
inside of .

G

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

JWho wrote:




What's a quill??



A hair of a porcupine, right?

"Koz" wrote in message
news


wrote:

JWho wrote:


When they say a 10" drill press or a 15" or 20", etc., what is that
measuring? Is that the maximum distance between the drill chuck and the
table??



Believe that it is usually the largest diameter that it can drill to
the center of, in other words, twice the distance from the column to
the chuck.
--Glenn Lyford



Of course if the Sears air compressor rating squad ever gets ahold of
it, they'll rate a drill press at 40 or 50 feet because you can drill a
hole through the side of something that long

Koz


Chuckle!!!

Harold

"Mike Berger" wrote in message
...
That's the shaft the chuck is mounted to.

JWho wrote:

What's a quill??


Actually, it's the housing in which the shaft is mounted. The cylindrical
part that moves up and down inside the head casting.

Harold

It's a feather