Do-it-yourself drill stand. Drill stand: ways to make a wooden and metal structure with a step-by-step photo
» From the material presented by the author, you will learn how you can independently make a budget drilling machine from a conventional electric drill.
Every craftsman would like to have such a machine in his household, because in comparison with factory analogues it will cost ten times cheaper, and if all spare parts and components are available, then it is generally free.
The author of this machine is Igor Stasyuk, for which he Thank you very much, shared step by step photos machine assembly with the people. The design is quite interesting and at the same time simple. Corners and 4 legs are welded onto the base from a 3 mm metal sheet, a 500 mm rod from a professional square pipe is welded onto this plate, the slider is made of 2 corners welded into the pipe and put on the lifting column with a gap so that the slider can move up the column and down. lifting mechanism it is actuated by a cable stretched from the top point to the bottom, and on the slider the cable makes several turns.
And so, let's take a closer look at what exactly the author needed to assemble the machine? As well as the whole step-by-step process.
materials
1. sheet metal 3mm
2. armature
3. corner
4. cable
5. drill
6. workpiece vise
7. bolts, nuts, washers, engravers
8. drill clamp
9. paint
10.professional square pipe
11. drill
Tools
1. welding machine
2. grinder (UShM)
3. drill
4. file
5. vise
6. clamp
7. caliper
8. ruler
9. corner
10th level
11. sandpaper
12. brush
13. hacksaw
14. emery
The process of creating a drilling machine from a drill.
And so, first of all, the author makes the base of the machine from sheet metal 3 mm, cuts the workpiece with a grinder (angle grinder) A in lower part welds 2 corners and 4 legs from a steel bar or reinforcement. The length of the legs should be the same so that there is no skew of the bed.
Welded corners and legs.
Making a slider! 2 corners are taken and applied to a square-section professional pipe that will serve as a lifting column and pulled together with a clamp.
At the edges, it is seized by welding in order to simply bait for now, and only then specifically boil a normal seam.
This is how the preparation turned out.
The lifting column is made of a professional square pipe 500 mm long.
A bracket with a movable shaft is welded onto the body of the slider, on which the turns of the cable will be made.
V drilled hole thread is cut.
Handles of the lifting mechanism are made of fittings.
On the shaft there is such a head, which will be the basis for the handles.
And so, 3 handles are welded for the convenience of raising and lowering the drill through the mechanism.
Installed on a lifting column.
At the end of the cable, such a loop is made.
I hope the principle of lifting is clear and without explanation)
A square pipe is welded onto the corner.
Here is actually such a mount for an electric drill turned out.
Then a drill is installed and secured with a clamp of bolts and nuts.
Now let's go back to the lifting mechanism.
A nut is welded into the upper part of the lifting column and a bolt is screwed into it, a cable is fixed to the bolt itself, and when the bolt is tightened and unscrewed, the cable is tensioned to the optimum norm.
It is advisable to pre-lubricate the moving parts with grease or lithol.
These small vices can be purchased at the hardware store in the tools section.
It does not always make sense and expediency to buy a factory-made drilling machine. You can make a vertical drilling machine from a drill with your own hands. To do this, you need a drill and materials for making a stand. Such equipment is recommended for use in home workshops or garages, when drilling is not the main operation or is performed quite rarely and the accuracy of the hole can be neglected.
To speed up the process, just buy a specialized drill stand in the tool store. The result is a semblance of a household-level vertical drilling machine, which is not inferior in drilling accuracy to machines for home workshops.
The photo shows factory-made drilling stands. They can be purchased at any online tool store for prices starting at $200.
The article is intended to give you ideas on how to make a drilling machine from a drill yourself, so we do not give a clear algorithm for its manufacture, because it is made from improvised materials: some masters will have it, others will not. Therefore, we give the main ideas, and everyone will apply their own constructive solutions and make his own vertical homemade drilling machine.
If you are not looking for easy ways, then we will make a homemade rack. The rack can be made of wood or metal. Wood will be cheaper, easier to manufacture, but durability will suffer.
Metal ones are more complex, but they have an incomparably longer resource and strength characteristics. The choice of rack material also depends on the workpieces being processed: with constant drilling of metal, it is better to make metal.
Machine assembly
Metal racks are assembled from the corners for the carriage, square pipe 50x50 for the stand and 10x10 for the drill arm, strips for the base and lugs. The base and bracket are welded, after which all elements are assembled and bolted together. It is recommended to manufacture several brackets with different adapters (clamping rings) under different types drills. The carriage moves along the bar with the help of a steel cable wound around the handle drum. So that the carriage does not have play and does not fall down under its own weight, it is drilled, threaded and a bolt (or several bolts) is tightened. This selects the backlash between the carriage and the stand of the future drilling machine. The handle for moving the carriage is made from rolled products with a diameter of 6 - 8 mm.
By having several brackets with different clamping rings, it is possible to flexibly select drills and process almost any material.
In future homemade equipment can be upgraded and modified, for example, mark or install a scale that will indicate the length of the carriage movement. This helps when drilling blind holes.
There are several mounting methods:
- several clamps;
- on a metal bracket in the hole for the neck of the drill.
Video of a design option from a drill on a wooden stand.
The easiest option for making a homemade drilling structure at home
A homemade drilling machine from a drill will never replace a factory one and will always be inferior in build quality and drilling accuracy. The main advantage of homemade - low price, the ability to drill holes when the factory machine is not available for one reason or another.
» From this material you will learn how you can make a homemade drill stand and turn it into a stationary drilling machine. Every artisan knows very well how sometimes it is not easy to drill a large number of holes on the same workpieces with a drill, in such cases it is very good to work on a stationary drilling machine, but often a simple person cannot afford to buy it in a workshop or garage. Therefore, the author decided to do, and as source material took the electric drill.
In principle, the device of the bed is quite simple and understandable: as a guide tower, here a professional pipe is bolted to a U-shaped channel by a bolted connection. The lifting and lowering mechanism consists of 3 bearings No. nuts. To mount the drill, a special bracket with a clamp is made. The mechanism itself is spring-loaded, which facilitates lifting. V working area the drilling machine is small, they are necessary for fixing the workpieces, that is, in this way it will not be necessary to hold it in the hands with pliers)) The author also made a drip oil supply to the drilling zone by placing a small barrel and hose.
And so, let's take a closer look at the work of the author.
As you can see, a small vise is installed, we clamp the workpiece and drill it calmly) 
Liquid container. 
The drill is a multifunctional tool, but in human hands it is difficult to obtain special drilling accuracy from it. A drilling machine from a drill with your own hands according to the proposed drawings may come in handy. If the drill is an everyday tool, it can be fixed to the bracket with clamps. When an energy tool is included in a permanent composition, the ballast of the machine can be taken out.
When is a drilling machine needed?
A drilling machine from a drill is used by those who create homemade items. They are made with fantasy, it is difficult to find the necessary parts in the store and the meaning is lost. Masters love to create everything on their own. Often, such a craftsman is faced with the question of the accuracy of the holes that he must drill. Everyone knows that there is no exact performance of work on a canopy and on a knee. You will need a holder to secure the tool with equipment.
Which drill to use depends on the nature of the hobby of the master. The manufacture of electronic circuit boards for radio amateurs requires a drill cross section of 0.3 mm, manually at the slightest deviation from right angle the drill will break. Only a small drilling machine will save the day, but it is expensive. The only way out is to do it yourself.
On your own machine, created from improvised materials, you can:
- make through and blind holes;
- drill a centered perpendicular hole in a thin workpiece;
- cut a hole or cut a thread.
The main parts of the drilling machine
The machine is drilling, which means that it is supposed to use a drill assembly with or quick-clamping. The tool must be secured to a secure vertical rack and have the freedom to move up and down. The rack must be vertically installed and fixed on a massive plate from below, which is called the frame. The tool is easy to describe, but in order to achieve accuracy in performing operations, it is necessary to create a well-adjusted design. In special publications and the Internet, you can find drawings of a drilling machine from a drill with your own hands from various materials.
Any tool created according to the standards at the enterprise is equipped with safety elements - protective screens, locks against accidental activation. When creating your tool, you need to take care of protection, take measures so that the machine does not fall into the hands of children.
Drilling is accompanied by strong vibration. Small shocks destroy the structure of materials, and it will not be possible to achieve accurate operations. Vibration is damped by soft pads, which are mounted at the attachment points of the tool and a massive frame - vibration waves stall. Contributes to the fine trembling of the instrument is poor assembly, misalignment, and a shift in the center of gravity. All moving parts of a homemade drilling machine from a drill fit sweatily, with minimal gaps. 
We build a drilling machine according to the drawings
To help the master, for the first time building a drilling machine from a drill with his own hands, drawings are offered. Any person with primary carpentry skills can assemble a structure from wooden bars and use a furniture plate under the frame. Fastening of a wooden structure is carried out with self-tapping screws. 
Corners are used to fasten elements. The drill mount can be made collapsible, on removable clamps, or the tool can be built in tightly. An important part of the device will be a movable sled device, along which the drill with the drill moves during operation. Often, furniture telescopic guides are used to create skids. It is simply and clearly presented how to assemble a drilling machine from your own hands, in the video:
The proposed option is universal, it copes equally well with metal, wood and other materials. But it is cumbersome and for small operations, craftsmen make miniature machines using a tripod from a photographic enlarger and a welded frame. In some cases, it comes into play steering rack from the car. metal frame structures require locksmith skills. How to make a drilling machine is decided, depending on the availability of improvised parts and the purpose of the fixture.
An example completely unusual design a small device for radio masters will serve as a machine from an old school microscope and a UAZ car windshield wiper engine. The motor gives a lot of torque, but to use it, you need to lengthen the shaft. Its power and torque are sufficient for drilling foil-thin sheets of metal. The bracket itself needs to be improved - the fine tuning, the microscopic assembly are removed and a miniature engine is mounted.
Fundamental points of working on a drilling machine
The newly manufactured machine requires additional adjustment. A trial inclusion is carried out on a table where all irrelevant items are removed. The machine is considered properly assembled and ready for further work, if:
- the drill rotates along the axis, without creating expanding sectors with rapid rotation;
- the drill lowered down must exactly enter the recess or the intended point on the bed;
- the movement of the drill along the sled is adjusted tightly, but without jamming and jerking;
- for through holes prepared a special substrate, so as not to spoil the frame.
During drilling, be aware of the heating of the device, periodically raise the tooling during deep drilling, liquid can be used for cooling.
Always remember, fast moving cutting tool is a source of increased danger. Changeover can only be carried out on de-energized equipment. The eyes must always be protected by goggles.
A selection of various drill presses created by the hands of masters, for all occasions, confirms the inexhaustible ingenuity craftsmen. You can buy everything in the store, but creating your own instrument is worthy of a master.
One of the options for a drilling machine from a drill - video
Firmly fixed to the stand hand drill allows you to drill a perfectly even hole in the workpiece at any angle. You can buy a Chinese machine for 1.3 thousand rubles. For craftsmen who are used to doing everything with their own hands, this option is not suitable. Moreover, cheap racks have a lot of backlash.
Before you figure out how to make a stand for a drill with your own hands, you need to know the structure of the structure. The machine consists of the following units:
- basis homemade machine serves as a bed. The detail is a platform on which the rack is fixed.
- The carriage acts as a holder for a hand drill. The node is fixed on the rack and moves along it with the help of a mechanism from furniture rails.
- The handle is necessary to control the operation of the mechanism. The handle lowers the carriage with the drill along the stand during drilling and returns it to its original position.
- Additional nodes allow you to expand the functionality of the machine. Possibility of drilling under different angle and milling small parts.
You can assemble a drilling machine from wood, metal, or use a frame from an old photographic enlarger. In any case, you need to learn an important requirement: the more powerful the hand drill, the stronger the stand is needed.
Making a wooden machine: instructions with step by step photos
The easiest to manufacture is considered a machine made of wood. The disadvantage of the design is the weak strength of the material. Wood is deformed by moisture changes. Over time, play appears on the rack. wooden machine it is desirable to use only for vertical drilling of holes.
Assembly order wooden structure next:
- The carriage is made from a board. The length of the workpiece varies from 50 to 70 cm, but usually the dimensions are selected for the drill model. WITH back side carriages and the front side of the rack fix telescopic furniture rails that serve as a movement mechanism.
- The drill to the front side of the carriage can be fixed with clamps, which is not very reliable.
- The circle is cut with a jigsaw. The ideal smoothness of the nest is given with a round file. The finished block is fixed to the carriage. A cut is made in front and a screw clamp is placed.
The carriage with the block is installed on the rack, connecting with elements of furniture rails. It remains to make the control knob, but more on that later.
Making a steel machine: instructions with step by step photos
A metal machine consists of similar units, but it is more difficult to make them due to the complexity of processing the material. The advantage of the design in reliability, no backlash, which is ideal for installation additional nodes expanding the functionality of the machine.
The general arrangement of a metal machine is shown in the drawing, and the procedure for manufacturing the structure is as follows:
- For the bed you will need a steel plate 1 cm thick. The dimensions can be taken similar to those of a wooden model.
- The rack is welded from a square or round pipe section 32–40 mm. It is possible to weld a sleeve of a larger diameter onto the plate, and insert a pipe into it and clamp it with a bolt.
- The carriage is made from a pipe of a larger diameter. It should fit freely on the rack. A steel clamp for a drill is fixed to the carriage.
Now it remains to fold all the nodes into one structure and try to fix the drill with clamps.
Manufacture of the control mechanism
The main working unit of a wooden and metal machine is the carriage movement mechanism. It consists of a control knob and a spring. The last element is needed to return the carriage to its original position.
Depending on the installation location of the spring, two options for the return mechanism can be made:
- The first version of the mechanism provides for the installation of a spring near the control handle. From above, two metal plates are welded to the end of the rack from one and the other edge. A hole is drilled in the first two plates. An axis is made from a bolt with a diameter of 10 mm, and the end of the handle is fixed. A spring is placed between the other two plates. To prevent it from jumping off, pins are welded on the stand and the handle. On the side of the handle at the point of fixation to the pin of the carriage, a longitudinal groove is cut, necessary for correct operation mechanism.
- The second version of the mechanism provides for the installation of two springs from the bottom of the carriage. They are placed in the guide grooves fixed at the ends of the furniture telescopic elements. The control handle is fixed to the end of the rack in a similar way, only the spring is not installed under it.
The principle of operation of any mechanism is simple. During drilling, the handle is pressed down, while the springs are compressed. The carriage with the drill goes down. Upon completion of drilling, the handle is released. Expanding springs return the carriage up to its original position.
Photo enlarger machine
If an old photographic enlarger is lying around at home, then it can be quickly rebuilt into a drilling machine. The design has a finished frame with a stand and even a control mechanism with a handle, but only without springs. The drill will have to be raised and lowered by turning the native handle of the photo enlarger. For the manufacture of the machine, it is enough to disconnect the tank where the lamp with lenses is installed, and instead fix the clamp for the drill.
Production of additional nodes
Modernization of the design will allow you to get a multifunctional machine on which you can mill small parts and drill holes at an angle.
To mill a part, you need to move it to the side. To do this, an additional horizontal rack is fixed to the plate. A vice is fixed on it, moving on a carriage with furniture guides. The control handle can be made similar on a spring or a screw mechanism can be installed.
To drill holes at an angle of 30, 45 and 60o, an additional plate is installed. It is made rotary, for which holes are drilled along the arc. Fix the plate to the main stand of the machine, where it will rotate along the axis. A carriage with a feed mechanism is attached to the additional plate.
