I was using this cross drilling drilling jig the other day, and thought I would take some pics to post on here. I rescued it from the skip at work when we were moving premises. The vee block raising handle was broken off and the entire box full of bits had been tipped out. It took some time to find everything but I got there in the end. Apart from dismantling the column to remove the handle assembly for repair, and making a few odd bushes I haven’t done anything cosmetic to it. It gets a fair amount of use it’s so quick and easy to use.
Drilling bushes hardened, number drill and decimal sizes
The bush is pushed down flush and clamped up
Choice of alternative tables, Large dia bar in fixed vee block or small dia bar in top right table, ball drilling in table with conical recess. Flat material can be drilled on the large table which has a micrometer adjustable fence. The left hand bracket is an extended vee for the small table.
Set up with some ¼ dia brass bar on the small table. The vee block is screwed up tight to the bottom of the bush by the ratchet handle, which is a twist to reverse. And then under the drill press.
Micrometer adjustment on the depth stop
Top drawer storage for tables odd size bushes and stops.
Now how could you walk away from a skip knowing that was in there.
John
