Got radial drills? Why yes, yes we do! Located in the upper range of the hierarchy of the venerable old drill press, these powerful drilling machines are designed to reach out and drill holes as far as 6 feet from the spindle.
Our radial drills come with fine to heavy automatic spindle feed, powered head up and down, cube table, and powered horizontal spindle feed. The largest radial drill in our stable can drill a 4-inch diameter hole as much as 6 feet from the spindle, 90 degrees to either side of center line. This big boy weighs in at a whopping 44,000 pounds!
It should go without saying that this is a fun topic to discuss, because if you like big (and sometimes gigantic) machines, you’ll love our lineup of radial drilling machines, some of the highest quality such machines available anywhere.
Everybody basically knows how a cast iron casting comes into being, right? You pour molten cast iron into some kind of mold and then take the piece out of the mold after it has cooled. It’s what you do with the casting afterwards — that’s the most important part. Here’s the big surprise, what you should do with the casting after that is… absolutely nothing! That’s correct, nothing.
Fine grain cast-iron castings, like machine bases and major machine components, need to rest for at least 30 days (with 45 days being preferable). A casting is full of stresses from the forming process and will change dimensionally as it ages. Another way of describing what happens to a young cast-iron casting is if you machine the casting before it ages enough, the casting will continue to move as more stress is relieved from the casting, distorting the finished product.
Well, if you actually wanted to lay eyes on a good radial drill, you might want to visit Salt Lake City and look us up. Please always call in advance if you plan to come and see us so we will be sure to have a representative show you around and help you with your need for a machine tool. We welcome visitors whenever we are able to accommodate their schedules. If you can’t come to visit us, you can always drop us an email and we’ll reply promptly.
Bud's Machine Tools is in the business of exceeding customer expectations, and we don't plan to change. Talk to us about radial drills — or any other metalworking machine — and we can help you get exactly what you need.
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