@Skene59 Yes you’ll need the red spacers.
I made my purchase a few days ago. When do you feel my order will ship?
I just bought this template yesterday and a few 3/4 clamps/blocks to get me started. I plan on building a table with a 1/2” top plate (just for home/hobby use), but now I’m wondering if thats thick enough for the 3/4 holes? Would I have been better off going with a 5/8” hole in a 1/2” plate or is that still plenty thick for the 3/4” hole pattern?
Sorry if this is a repeat question, I looked for info on this and didn’t have any luck.
Thanks!
@RookieWeld 1/2 works. It’s the thinnest top that I would recommend using . The thicker the better though.
Thanks for responding. Maybe I’ll talk myself into something thicker. Hopefully I can make some progress on the project through the holidays and get a pic posted to show how I did with the hole fixture.
Wish me luck. Thanks again.
Will the tooling work on a 7/8” thick top?
Yes it will work
Is there any plans on doing a 5/8" version or maybe be able to remove the drill guides and install 5/8 guides or adapters?
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Currently we don’t have plans to make a 5/8 version. But if there’s enough interest we can make it happen.
I’m very much interested!
Looking at the drawing you posted I would assume the O.D. of the drill guides is 7/8 inch.
This is great and I saw the video. Every time I check, lucky for Jason they are out of stock. Is there a way of getting on a pre-paid waiting list with priority ship out when the next batch is produced?
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@Caflint19, this is very similar to what I did and it took awhile but the results were great! The main issue you’ll have is that there aren’t any chucking reamers on the market that have a reduced shank size for a 1/2" drill chuck so you’ll need a 3/4" drill chuck at a minimum. The second issue you’ll encounter is that reamers need to turn very, very slowly and need a lot of coolant so you won’t burn them out quickly. Also, if you’re running it in a mag drill, HSS would likely be your only practical option since carbide is likely to snap if it’s not perfectly aligned or your drill has much runout.
I ended up going with a Milwaukee 4208 mag drill and HSS .625" (5/8") reamers from MSC and it’s a great combination. You will burn through several reamers on a table (I burned out 2 and probably half used up a 3rd on the 720 holes on my table top). Dealing with the coolant is probably the worst part of the process because it wants to make a mess everywhere, but my wife helped me manage the coolant while I managed the drill and it only took us a couple of weekends to do it carefully. The Milwaukee is the only option I was able to find that offered a 3/4" drill chuck (5/8" reamers have a 9/16" shank) and had a really low speed (it can go down to about 15rpm).
I built a coolant pump and recovery system with an oil/fuel evacuation pump, some tubing and buckets and filters but we ended up pumping the coolant by hand since the pump just made it run all over the table and over the sides which wasn’t going to work in the garage. It was still a horrible mess, but the results are amazingly accurate and I’m very pleased with the results.
You reference a 6 flute 90 degree chamfer bit in the video. Do you have a source you recommend? HSS or carbide.
Thanks!
@Bryanm I checked the brand, but unfortunately is worn off, I believe it was purchased at MSC. But any 6 flute HSS will work. Shars also has some decent tooling at decent prices.
I signed up to be notified when the template is available, I keep missing the restock! Will they be available again soon?