Drill press speeds - plywood
Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for
different woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood. DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different plywoods and different drill bits? Thanks, MJ Wallace |
Drill press speeds - plywood
On Jul 21, 2:17 pm, "
wrote: Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for different woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood. DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different plywoods and different drill bits? Thanks, MJ Wallace Set it on the slowest speed and leave it. |
Drill press speeds - plywood
On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:17:54 -0000, "
wrote: Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for different woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood. DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different plywoods and different drill bits? Thanks, MJ Wallace Keep this in mind: The harder the material, the slower the cutting edge should be. Most of my drilling is done at 800 rpm, but for large bits and wheel cutters use 300 rpm. Plexiglas is harder than wood, softer than metal so the speed would be somewhere in-between. I consider most ply as softwood (pine), but there are some hardwood plywoods. |
Drill press speeds - plywood
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Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for different woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood. DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different plywoods and different drill bits? What!? ... You mean you can _change_ the speed on a drill press?? :) I set mine on "hardwood" a few years back and promptly forgot about it. It works just fine in anything I've thrown at it ... my bet is yours will too. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 6/1/07 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
Drill press speeds - plywood
Sat, Jul 21, 2007, 11:35am (EDT-3)
(Father*Haskell) doth sayeth: Set it on the slowest speed and leave it. That's the factory setting on mine. When I first got it, I did check to see if it was easy to change the speed - it was - but have never changed it. JOAT I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do them. - Picasso |
Drill press speeds - plywood
Any chance that speed chart is available for others to view? I have numbers
for "wood" but not fir different types of wood, etc. -- 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 wrote in message oups.com... Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for different woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood. DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different plywoods and different drill bits? Thanks, MJ Wallace |
Drill press speeds - plywood
I suggest you check the following link of WOOD Magazine's website for
a number of free drilling information charts and information: http://www.woodmagazine.com/wood/sto...y/data/203.xml I hope this information was helpful. On Jul 21, 1:17 pm, " wrote: Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for different woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood. DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different plywoods and different drill bits? Thanks, MJ Wallace |
Drill press speeds - plywood
On Jul 21, 7:44 pm, Phisherman wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:17:54 -0000, " wrote: Ok, setting up my drill press, I've got a nifty speed chart for different woods (Hard,soft) and other material (metal, plastic) and different drill bits, but nothing mentioned for plywood. DAGS and nothing immediate shows up. Are there any "rules" that govern drill press speeds for different plywoods and different drill bits? Thanks, MJ Wallace Keep this in mind: The harder the material, the slower the cutting edge should be. Most of my drilling is done at 800 rpm, but for large bits and wheel cutters use 300 rpm. Plexiglas is harder than wood, softer than metal so the speed would be somewhere in-between. I consider most ply as softwood (pine), but there are some hardwood plywoods. My experience with thermoplastics (PVC, plexiglass) is they partially liquefy and flow under heat and pressure, allowing the cutter to grab. With large bits or fly cutters, lube with paraffin or beeswax, set the drillpress to low rpm, feed lightly, and back off the cutter frequently to cool it. |
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