Off the wall... down and dirty...

[Dave's_Not_Here]

I have a need to mill some flats on round stock. The mill is down but the drill press is not... I have never tried to use a drill press to mill flats or do anything but drill holes... however, necessity being the mother of invention (or whatever...) and me pressed for time... is this doable? I am in a real pinch and outsourcing time is not an option.

I can fix the round to an indexing cross-slide on the drill press and manually feed the material into the end mill... (this project does not require major precision...) My big question is, if it is a possibility, what would your biggest concerns be?

MacGyver in the NW..

[Geof]

It is likely the drill chuck will work loose on the Jacobs taper. These tapers are self locking but not under a side load. If you are careful and take tiny cuts you should be able to do it successfully.

[Dave's_Not_Here]

Geof,

Thanks... kinda figured I would cinch up the old athletic supporter and give it a go with a bunch of light passes... checking the chuck as I go...