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=====Enco Drill Press=====

^Name| Enco Drill Press|
^Owner | Makers' Alliance|
^Location | Shop Area|
^Training needed| yes|
^Hackable| no|
^Model| Model Number|
^Serial| Serial Number|
^Arrival Date| December 2015|
^Working| yes|
^Contact| Sam Harmon|


In December 2015, we acquired an Enco Drill Press from HGR.

Current Status: Functional, but see below

Specifications:
  *Chuck - 5/8" JT3
  *Quill feed: 5"?
  *Belt - 13mm x 1132mm seems to be the closest measurement (SPA1132)

Work Needed:
  *Needs additional feed lever arms (has one, currently)
    *These are curious. The existing one is something ever so slightly smaller than 1/2" (12mm?), but testing a 1/2" bolt in some of the holes seemed to be a good fit, so we should be able to fabricate or find acceptable replacements.
    *Suggestion: get a few feet of 1/2" steel rod and thread one end for 1/2", and figure out something for the knobs.
    *simpler solution - get a few feet of 1/2" threaded rod and get 1/2" threaded knobs ($3 each from McMaster or Grainger)
  *<del>Place & bolt back onto stand</del> DONE! one bolt seems a bit crooked. Should fix sometime.

Future work that could be done:
  *Set up depth stop/gauge mechanism?
    * See the second half of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8s-ufGi_P0|this video]] for an example of what I'm thinking of
    * Find the measurements of the spindle where it would attach, approximate distance to where the depth stop would go, and diameter of the depth stop hole.
    * Start with a wooden "proof of concept before making it in aluminum?
    * Cut out hole with hole saw/CNC/whatever
    * drill holes to 1/4-20 tap diameter (#7, IIRC) or smaller if necessary, cut in half, tap one half and bore the other?
    * use transfer punch to mark where to drill for threaded rod
    * Grizzly sell a variety of threaded "stop collars" that would be a massive improvement over nuts on threaded rod, but only available in a handful of sizes (one kind in 3/8" (called a Quill Stop), and the other in 3/8", 1/2", 8mm, and 10mm (Threaded Stop Collars))

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