Transcription of DRILLING MACHINES GENERAL INFORMATION
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TC 9-524. Chapter 4. DRILLING MACHINES . GENERAL INFORMATION . PURPOSE USES. This chapter contains basic INFORMATION pertaining to DRILLING A DRILLING machine, called a drill press, is used to cut holes MACHINES . A DRILLING machine comes in many shapes and into or through metal, wood, or other materials (Figure 4-1). sizes, from small hand-held power drills to bench mounted DRILLING MACHINES use a DRILLING tool that has cutting edges at and finally floor-mounted models. They can perform its point. This cutting tool is held in the drill press by a chuck operations other than DRILLING , such as countersinking, or Morse taper and is rotated and fed into the work at variable counterboring, reaming, and tapping large or small holes. speeds. DRILLING MACHINES may be used to perform other Because the DRILLING MACHINES can perform all of these operations. They can perform countersinking, boring, operations, this chapter will also cover the types of drill bits, counterboring, spot facing, reaming, and tapping (Figure 4-2).
The sizes of these machines generally range from 17-inch to a 22-inch center-drilling capacity, and are usually floor mounted. They can handle drills up to 2 inches in diameter, which mount into tapered Morse sockets. Larger workplaces are usually clamped directly to the table or base using T-bolts and clamps, while small workplaces are held in ...
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