Can you make this for my customer?

Take a ball bearing with inner diameter larger than the drill bit.
Place wire brushes on the inside that fits around the shank of the
drill bit and into the flutes. The brushes have to be soft/flexible
enough not to dull the bit, but firm enough to clean out the flutes.
The collar sits on the drill bit above the work piece. The inside of
the bearing is "attached" to the drill bit by the friction and
pressure of the brushes, and the outside of the bearing is attached to
an arm that holds it above the workpiece.

When the drill bit spins up, the inner collar spins with it, since it
is not fixed to anything other than the drill bit. The brushes are
stationary with respect to the spinning drill bit (spinning at the
same speed). When the drill moves down into the work piece and up out
of it, the brushes follow the flutes and clean out the gunk.

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com

V8013-R

"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
news:R2lYj.1900$aJ1.781@trndny03...
Can you make this for my customer?

Take a ball bearing with inner diameter larger than the drill bit.
Place wire brushes on the inside that fits around the shank of the
drill bit and into the flutes. The brushes have to be soft/flexible
enough not to dull the bit, but firm enough to clean out the flutes.
The collar sits on the drill bit above the work piece. The inside of
the bearing is "attached" to the drill bit by the friction and
pressure of the brushes, and the outside of the bearing is attached to
an arm that holds it above the workpiece.

When the drill bit spins up, the inner collar spins with it, since it
is not fixed to anything other than the drill bit. The brushes are
stationary with respect to the spinning drill bit (spinning at the
same speed). When the drill moves down into the work piece and up out
of it, the brushes follow the flutes and clean out the gunk.

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com

V8013-R




Sorry, not my area. Just glue a piece of filecard material in a bearing,
like a battery post cleaner.

Sorry, not my area. Just glue a piece of filecard material in a bearing,
like a battery post cleaner.

But I can sell one or two a year for you! G
--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com

V8013-R

On Mon, 19 May 2008 20:47:11 GMT, "Joe AutoDrill"
wrote:

Sorry, not my area. Just glue a piece of filecard material in a bearing,
like a battery post cleaner.

But I can sell one or two a year for you! G

CHeck with some of the brush seal mfrs. For example:
http://www.sealeze.com/c_arc.htm

--
Ned Simmons

"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
news:R2lYj.1900$aJ1.781@trndny03...
Can you make this for my customer?

Take a ball bearing with inner diameter larger than the drill bit.
Place wire brushes on the inside that fits around the shank of the
drill bit and into the flutes. The brushes have to be soft/flexible
enough not to dull the bit, but firm enough to clean out the flutes.
The collar sits on the drill bit above the work piece. The inside of
the bearing is "attached" to the drill bit by the friction and
pressure of the brushes, and the outside of the bearing is attached to
an arm that holds it above the workpiece.

When the drill bit spins up, the inner collar spins with it, since it
is not fixed to anything other than the drill bit. The brushes are
stationary with respect to the spinning drill bit (spinning at the
same speed). When the drill moves down into the work piece and up out
of it, the brushes follow the flutes and clean out the gunk.

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com

V8013-R

I love the cross over you get in some of these groups...I just read this in
rec.woodworking and now it's here...love it.

Joe, I plan to call you tomorrow...I think I may have an idea for this for
you, but I'm not sure I can type the description of what I'm thinking.

And yes, I'll be able to make it for you, too...not just say what, but how,
too!

Mike

I love the cross over you get in some of these groups...I just read this
in rec.woodworking and now it's here...love it.

Joe, I plan to call you tomorrow...I think I may have an idea for this for
you, but I'm not sure I can type the description of what I'm thinking.

And yes, I'll be able to make it for you, too...not just say what, but
how, too!

Mike

Mike,

If / when we talk today, ask for Joe Jr. I'll explain the situation a bit.
Right now, we are in the quoting stage for the equipment we provide and are
sharing ideas with the customer on how to deal with this particular issue
they think they will have... But ultimately, if I get the project, I won't
be in charge of providing the 'flute cleaning mechanism of choice' they they
wind up with. I'll tell them who to call.
--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com

V8013-R

The Davenport's wrote:

I love the cross over you get in some of these groups...I just read this in
rec.woodworking and now it's here...love it.

Mike

OMG! is rec.woodworking still in existance? I gave up on it
years ago. It was worse than rcm is now by a mile. I thought
it would have become nothing but a spam list by now. Use to
read it regulary back 15 yrs ago. Maybe I'll have to check it
out again. :-)
...lew...

On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:13:44 -0600, with neither quill nor qualm, Lew
Hartswick quickly quoth:

The Davenport's wrote:

I love the cross over you get in some of these groups...I just read this in
rec.woodworking and now it's here...love it.

Mike

OMG! is rec.woodworking still in existance? I gave up on it
years ago. It was worse than rcm is now by a mile. I thought
it would have become nothing but a spam list by now. Use to
read it regulary back 15 yrs ago.

Ditto here. The s/n ratio got out of hand (as it is here now) and all
the olde fartes boogied, leaving only the newbies and no real content.
It was all _pukey_ducks_ any more, and no good source for decent
shellac. No fellow Neanders and Galoots to hang with. big sigh RIP,
RWW.


Maybe I'll have to check it out again. :-)

I visit the Wreck on occasion, then quickly return to Wreck.Metal
after finding nearly nobody home any more...still.

--
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life,
acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can
do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
-- Euripides