Solar71
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2005
- Location
- Hermosa Beach California
Hey all...
We descided to drill the crap out of our top plate/pallete...
Its about a 1 inch thick slab of steel...
about 24 inches long and about 18 inches wide...
We were going to either drill 3/8-16 or 1/2-13...
This is because when i looked online it seems like the clamping kits are primarily of these 2 sizes... So is it work it, to get the larger size with only 13 tpi or better to get smaller size with 16 tpi ?
We will be using a deviding head and center most of the time... Parts were be from 5 pounds to 30 pounds each... mostly we will be drilling holes and tapping... Ussually 0.375 to about 1.250 with some 1.500 C-bores...
Nothing too major... So do we need the power of 1/2-13 or will 3/8-16 be fine enough for us ?
Thanks for your opinions
We descided to drill the crap out of our top plate/pallete...
Its about a 1 inch thick slab of steel...
about 24 inches long and about 18 inches wide...
We were going to either drill 3/8-16 or 1/2-13...
This is because when i looked online it seems like the clamping kits are primarily of these 2 sizes... So is it work it, to get the larger size with only 13 tpi or better to get smaller size with 16 tpi ?
We will be using a deviding head and center most of the time... Parts were be from 5 pounds to 30 pounds each... mostly we will be drilling holes and tapping... Ussually 0.375 to about 1.250 with some 1.500 C-bores...
Nothing too major... So do we need the power of 1/2-13 or will 3/8-16 be fine enough for us ?
Thanks for your opinions