Also agree that a drill press isn't ideal to use as a mill, but sometimes you just need to use what you have. ![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I have an old 17" Delta drill press with a custom-made arbor that has a 5/8"-16 threaded mount so the chuck will not fall off.
I used it to do a project that would have normally required a mill with a rotary table.
Needed to repair a broken section of the flange on a cast-iron band saw wheel!
Basically, I set-up the band saw wheel centered on a piece of plywood attached to the base of the drill press & used the wheel as the rotary table.
I first used an angle grinder to get most of the material removed, so there was less than 1/8" to clean-up with the end mill.
Being it was cast-iron it was easy to machine so I used a fine pitched 4-flute roughing end mill & slowly rotated the wheel into the end mill.
![IMG_3481.JPG IMG_3481.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375416-3d1118bc304b0fb6f34fd7fa896d4e8d.jpg)
![Wheel Repair.jpg Wheel Repair.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375417-b90c011ea656b26af7077a4e8ac636c8.jpg)
![Self-tapping screws.JPG Self-tapping screws.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375418-1e9b234ed9275805ef2bc61ebeec056e.jpg)
I used self-tapping screws to hold the repair piece in-place & then I drilled & counter sunk some flat head screws from the other side of the wheel that were tapped into the repair piece. I used JB-Weld while assembling it & after that set I ground off the heads of the self-tapping screws & used some more JB-Weld finish up any gaps.
![IMG_3508.JPG IMG_3508.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375420-91d3f8fda3f7938b4f0bf249aef54de9.jpg)
![IMG_3544.JPG IMG_3544.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375421-3218e31dec5c59abe6191973e49e9647.jpg)
Finished wheel.
![IMG_3614.JPG IMG_3614.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375422-e96ef92350001fc68e44cf1bd15719fb.jpg)
![IMG_3615.JPG IMG_3615.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375423-d91dcf9c39808c3ff1fc0b4ad0f1a852.jpg)
Doug
I have an old 17" Delta drill press with a custom-made arbor that has a 5/8"-16 threaded mount so the chuck will not fall off.
I used it to do a project that would have normally required a mill with a rotary table.
Needed to repair a broken section of the flange on a cast-iron band saw wheel!
Basically, I set-up the band saw wheel centered on a piece of plywood attached to the base of the drill press & used the wheel as the rotary table.
I first used an angle grinder to get most of the material removed, so there was less than 1/8" to clean-up with the end mill.
Being it was cast-iron it was easy to machine so I used a fine pitched 4-flute roughing end mill & slowly rotated the wheel into the end mill.
![IMG_3481.JPG IMG_3481.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375416-3d1118bc304b0fb6f34fd7fa896d4e8d.jpg)
![Wheel Repair.jpg Wheel Repair.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375417-b90c011ea656b26af7077a4e8ac636c8.jpg)
![Self-tapping screws.JPG Self-tapping screws.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375418-1e9b234ed9275805ef2bc61ebeec056e.jpg)
I used self-tapping screws to hold the repair piece in-place & then I drilled & counter sunk some flat head screws from the other side of the wheel that were tapped into the repair piece. I used JB-Weld while assembling it & after that set I ground off the heads of the self-tapping screws & used some more JB-Weld finish up any gaps.
![IMG_3508.JPG IMG_3508.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375420-91d3f8fda3f7938b4f0bf249aef54de9.jpg)
![IMG_3544.JPG IMG_3544.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375421-3218e31dec5c59abe6191973e49e9647.jpg)
Finished wheel.
![IMG_3614.JPG IMG_3614.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375422-e96ef92350001fc68e44cf1bd15719fb.jpg)
![IMG_3615.JPG IMG_3615.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/375/375423-d91dcf9c39808c3ff1fc0b4ad0f1a852.jpg)
Doug