Drill Press RPM Chart
Use Figure 30 to select the optimum
Figure 30. Drill Press RPM Chart.
ADJUSTMENTS
Drilling Depth
Your new drill press comes fitted with a depth stop that allows drilling holes at a preset depth.
NOTICE
To adjust the drilling depth, do these steps:
1.UNPLUG THE DRILL PRESS!
2.Rotate the oscillator pulley until the depth stop pointer indicates “0”. See Figure 30.
3.Loosen the jam nut on the depth stop rod.
4.Move the spindle down while watching the
5.Turn the lower nut while maintaining this depth until the nut comes into contact with the stop flange. See Figure 31.
6.Allow the spindle to return to its original position and tighten the jam nut against the stop nut while making sure the stop nut does not move.
7.Drill a test hole into scrap stock before drilling into any workpiece, and readjust depth stop if necessary.
Depth Stop
Reads “0”
Rotate Oscillator
Pulley Until
Depth Stop Reads
Zero.
Figure 30. Retracting the oscillator for drilling.
Nut
Stop
Flange