Sunday 19 July 2015

Looking Into Horizontal Boring Machines

By Kirk Kon


Very few individuals are aware of a Horizontal boring machine. They do not even know what it does for them in their furniture stores. The oldest and the most widely used method of bringing wood pieces together is doweling. Other devices like the efficient horizontal boring machines have been made as years progressed and actually all of them are uniquely made.

As time progressed and new progresses we made in the furniture market, craftsmen thought of devising a new approach. That need led to the development of a horizontal boring machine which is the best machine you can use to improve the efficiency of your work.

In most of the cases, mills are designed to play roles of adapters that connect tools that are used to cut to a spindle. This spindle then begins to make power. The motion started stops when equipment for cutting are well positioned. A bar support will operate in varying capacities depending with length of bars that are needed to finish the process, how the bores are accessible and finish stringency levels.

The main types of bars used in drilling are stubs bars and line bars. The stub ones are mounted on spindle end and are used if the holes to be drilled are near the headstock. For regular ones, the provided slots are placed lengthwise to enable the operator insert a flat cutter. Some setscrew require precise placement while other may be adjusted to suit the design. The tools used can be single or double edged. In the event of multiple cutting, extra cutter can be added.

To increase your productivity, use a boring fixture. It gives support to ensure that the piece is aligned to the bars before boring starts. Milling cutter of any type can be used here. End mills make slots, holes and even grooves. Facing cutters are to be used for surface finishing. If you have to achieve circular grooves, you need to be careful. The working parts and constructions of horizontal drilling machines ensure good results.

They have several uses. One is to connect rails to stiles when working on cabinet flushes. The stile at the end is linked to edge at the bottom of rail. Also it can be used to join to an apron to corner square legs. Any two sides of a particular leg are connected to apron using drills. Connection of various narrow boards can be done by employing this machines too. The desired product is a large paneled piece.

A good boring machine is supposed to have a motor with three quarter HP to two HP. A large table is good. The table should also have three inches to four inches minimum height to be adjusted in order for the holes to be centered in edges of the thin to thick pieces. It should be able to tilt at an angle for specialized tasks. Make sure that the surface has a slot too.

A well sized fence is preferred because it is able to add stops that ensure the holes are placed in consistent manner when doing repetitive tasks on multiple pieces. A good quality boring machine offers you less spindle stroke of three inches.




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