Lazer target for press drill

[garage nut]

Wanted to do this for some time.

Add 2 lazers to my press drill for aiding drilling into materials where you can not center pop.

eg plastic and wood.

Ordered these 2 LINE lazers from ali Express. They are 5v.

One gets attached 45Deg to the back of the chuck Rh side and the same Lh side.



The blue is just some rubber grommet I used to hold the lazer in place while I glued them.
I fitted some angle iron brackets with very tight fitting holes for the little lazers.

It took some time to set them up as you have to be 100% vertically aligned to the drill axis. Easiest way I found was to fit a 300mm piece of 5 mm rod in the chuck and ensuring the lazer shon all the way down the side.Then once set up I glued them in place. You can see I had to take out the second securing screw because the whole bracket had to move just a tad. Now also glued in place.



I powered it from a 5v power pack.

[Altair]

Thanks garage nut! We've added your Drill Press Laser Guide to our Drilling and Drill Presses category,
as well as to your builder page: garage nut's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Drill Press Laser Guide by garage nut

tags: drill press, laser