Martin w
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If you have room they are handy as anything..
Martin
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Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!
Radial Arm Drill Press
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Martin
Send us a nicer picture of your machine?
Chipper5783
Super User
Bergonzi UT25. There is some google history on the company before it went defunct 20+ years ago. I only was able to find a single line reference on the UT25 from an auction listing - no info available. It came to me as a jigsaw puzzle (the entire head / gearbox in cardboard boxes - some pieces missing). I worked out pretty well.Send us a nicer picture of your machine?
I had a quill return spring made up (that was expensive, now that I know how they did it and what was involved - should have tried it myself). I have not gotten aroundtoit making handle knobs and the auto kickoff for the power feed, reseal the oil pump - but it does drill 1” holes from solid no issue.
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Chipper5783
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The box table on the Bergonzi probably had 50 holes drilled in it, many right through. There was no hiding them. I filled them in with JB Weld (used several kits - got the mega tubes) - had to go over quite a few times to fill in the sag/flow issue, built up T-slot walls etc. My plan was to draw file it - that didn’t work out (JB Weld when cured up is seriously tough stuff - hard not to hit the table as well). I ended up fly cutting it on the Huron mill. It was a pain to get it all dialed in, but an excellent result (cutting just the JBW and not the table material) - after stoning, it is difficult to feel where most of the repair locations are (a few don’t have enough JBW). I’m very happy with how it turned out.
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