Drill Press Treadmill Motor MOD, speed controller and reverse!

How to modify your drill press by adding a treadmill motor with a variable speed controller, add a digital tachometer, and a reverse switch.
This mod is well documented on youtube.
UPDATE: The AC speed controller and DC bridge rectifier thing turned out to be extremely unreliable so I upgraded to an MC-60 treadmill controlled with a 500K potentiometer and that solved my reliability issue
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[@aptech2933]

Even was like "Whaaaaaat! you can mill on this drill press" Awesome work Eric.

[@madd-mattmitchell917]

Self commentary is great! Love this channel.

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks

[@sgsax]

Came here from Hackaday, but I'm subbed now. This is brilliant! And it's giving me dangerous thoughts about my severely underpowered benchtop Craftsman drillpress. Thanks for sharing!

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks, happy to have your dangerous thoughts here, hope they work out.

[@bjbenterprises]

Love the self commentary. Funny and creative way to point out the details.

[@eddietowers5595]

"What is this?! a motor for ants?! How can we expect the horses to run the motor...if they can't fit inside its housing?!"

[@bengibson3955]

LOL. Nice one, Derek! Can we teach them to do other stuff good too?

[@yendortgone]

exactly what I was thinking when I took my friends old treadmill apart. Thank you.

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great video, super entertaining. Love the commentary, cool idea. Awesome hack, a must have. Way cheaper than a Nova Viking. Mahalo for sharing! : )

[@franktaccetta784]

Different, and a great drill press hack!

[@ericbidault7003]

Cool video and very nice build. Thanks

[@EricStrebel]

Glad you liked it

[@barrettdent405]

Interesting and creative video. Nice drill press mods.

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks!

[@MrConcord75]

Damn good video! And now I really want to convert mine. I'll need to keep my eye open for a "dreadmill" motor on recycling days.

[@EricStrebel]

Hahahah, awesome. I go this one on eBay

[@RobZazueta]

Loved every second of this. I've had a 1940s-era Shopsmith in pieces for years that I haven't tackled because... well, honestly, I had no idea how. Watching you tap in the bearings and everything helped me figure out next steps. I may also consider replacing the stock AC motor with a variable speed DC motor like you did here - super inspiring! One question: What modifications allowed you to use the drill press as a milling machine? Is that dependent on what the variable speed motor allows, or did you also do something to the quill to handle the lateral stress? Thanks!

[@EricStrebel]

It's really down to if the quill can handle it, plastic works well, aluminum is rougher

[@paulmanhart4481]

I’m using the variable speed controller as provided by Dazecars on KZbin. It uses a SCR.

[@paulmanhart4481]

Check out the series on variable speed treadmill motor design by Dazecars. He ends up using a big 3PDT rotary switch that can handle the power.

[@EricStrebel]

I will have to investigate, I have a lot of trouble watching his videos however, they are almost unwatchable sometimes

[@1Splat]

Edutainment! Thanks for the video.

[@CdoGtheGreat]

Channel locks say ouch.. :) awesome video. Another project lined up for me....

[@user-wo7rz3yn4o]

Very well done!

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks

[@patrickpk6299]

haha, i like this style of narration!

[@EricStrebel]

Funny

[@MichaelJeffers75]

Which DPDT switch did they use and is the rectifier needed for the reverse polarity to work?

[@mcctigerfan]

How is there thumbs down on this??? Fantastic fun. Nice wiring schematic, "that's pretty straightforward"... as my head is spinning.

[@netmagi]

Well done

[@2LateIWon]

Lol. Great video as always a but different than normal. Great job kinda breaks up the monotony of a regular video I might adopt this and to some of my videos thanks for the idea

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks! Had fun making it, laughed a lot

[@thomasking2081]

COOL VIDEO, DID YOU REPLACE THE BEARING WITH A DIFFERENT TYPE? IVE SEEN THAT COMMENTED ON TOOL FORUMS

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks, no I replaced them with the same type, I did not upgrade them. But I suppose you could

[@DrFiero]

Have a similar (bit bigger) unit and stuffed it with a 3 phase AC motor fed by a VFD. Way more bottom end poop than the dc motors (which I also have, and used on my CNC mill). Mill never needs to make tons o torque at like 10rpm though. :)

[@EricStrebel]

👍😊

[@arrangemonk]

i havent seen no emergency off button, does it have one? if it doesnt id recomend one because they come in handy once unexpected stuff happens

[@EricStrebel]

None at this time

[@malburrgg4246]

About three quarters of the way through I asked myself, "Why am I watching this?". highly entertaining

[@EricStrebel]

OMG, thanks! Much appreciated

[@unionse7en]

I think this solution won't maintain torque, but will allow a basic (no load) speed adjustment. It is cheaper than a closed loop control or other methods though.

[@MrBobcow]

Реакции на видео вышли на новый уровень!

[@EricStrebel]

"Video reactions have taken to the next level!" thank you!!!!!!!!

[@TalkingGIJoe]

I just trashed an old treadmill but kept the motor to make a roto-casting table... But I have never seen a 110v DC motor...

[@hipclip7203]

Very Funny video, great narration.

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks

[@bengibson3955]

This is funny as f#$k! I came here interested in converting my drill press into a cheapo milling machine, but I’m hanging around for the “reacts to” format on your own vid. Well played, sir!

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks, it's supposed to be funny, glad you liked it and get it. 🤘

[@jt9498]

I didn't see how the middle pulley was used with the treadmill motor and the quill motor. Want to explain that? Looked to me like the treadmill motor was mounted way too low also.

[@daveghil]

Cool video...gave me some great ideas...Did you find that motor has enough torque at low RPM? I know it says 2.5 HP, but at what RPM?

[@jafinch78]

How'd I miss this? Good deal! Guess I've been in sewing machine nirvana. Treadmill motor powered sewing machine on the mind of course. :-)

[@jafinch78]

Video'd my running the Viking with a DeWalt 18V cordless power drill. Why not? I have this feeling I'll make a 20V portable White FR one of these days, why... I don't know why either... lighter than a treadle?

[@wmsification]

I'm gonna watch that channel more often...

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks! 😊👍

[@paulmanhart4481]

Let me know how your DPDT switch holds up to the amps and voltage. I’d like to see your speed control more. Thanks. Paul

[@EricStrebel]

I have actually had to replace the dpdt switch once, it did cause me issues.

[@falkmihi]

Industrial Designer reacts to ... Really nice idea!

[@EricStrebel]

Glad you think so!

[@daiburt1833]

I love my drill press and motorhead 👍

[@EricStrebel]

🤘

[@daiburt1833]

Phil Campbell lives not far from me here in south Wales he's a really nice bloke mind you I don't live far from bullet for my valentine we use the same gym and tattooist keep rocking 👍

[@EricStrebel]

Nice, I met Phill a few times on tour and the bars in New York and Detroit. The whole band was always nice to me, particularly Lemmy.

[@paulmanhart4481]

Most treadmill motors run at a much higher rpm than a drill press. How did you ramp that down with pulleys so you don’t exceed the max speed of the drill press? Thanks, Paul My treadmill motor maxes out at 4,500 rpm and my drill press motor is about 1,750 or so. So I would need to ramp down my 4,500 motor to 1,750 before attaching it.

[@EricStrebel]

I used the pulleys to reduce the speed as much as possible and then the motor controller at that point.

[@CUM2america]

He looks so much like the guy in the video

[@EricStrebel]

Lol, somebody finally figured that out 😊

[@vibrion121]

I tought it was a reaction video of yours! 🤣🤣 Im curious why not to use a 3 phase motor with an electronic speed controller instead of DC one

[@EricStrebel]

Small motor, very torquey, easy to work with, brushless, very efficient, quiet, and I don't have to deal with AC 3 phase, plus I don't have three phase in my shop

[@russellglaspie5891]

How can I connect you I would like to ask if you willing to create molds ?

[@EricStrebel]

www.botzen.com 😊

[@yendortgone]

Do you have a number for the tachometer?

[@EricStrebel]

Added a link in the description for you.

[@yendortgone]

@@EricStrebel order has been placed. thanks again

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks

[@kennethelwell8574]

"Reaction video" of your own video is genius. Has an MST3K vibe... D+M3K?

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks, I think it's funny 🤣

[@rubenclark8017]

How is the speed controller holding up?

[@EricStrebel]

Complete garbage I replaced it with an MC-60

[@rubenclark8017]

@@EricStrebel Thank you for your reply. Make it a great day!👍🏾

[@bobderemer5015]

We're you able to retain reverse?

[@EricStrebel]

@@bobderemer5015 absolutely, the mc-60 is the way to go

[@Matgdbr]

Time to open your twitch channel !! ;)

[@EricStrebel]

Lol, this channel is enough for me! Glad you liked it 🙂

[@jdfmovil]

The director's cut nobody asked for but everyone loved. :D

[@reiner0609]

I want to object... not everybody. I had to stop after a few minutes... not my kind of humor. I was really interested in the topic but couldn't watch this.

[@EricStrebel]

I'm glad you found it funny, thanks for the feedback

[@bradsmith1046]

Terrific video, loved the way you narrated it. Too bad the MC-60 was such a rip off at over $300. There must be a better way.

[@EricStrebel]

They currently run about $60 on ebay

[@joell439]

Good way to fend off the inevitable dopey comments 🤣😂. Thanks for all the details.

[@carterscustomrods]

Why are variable speed drill press motors so expensive? I am a 1 arm/legged woodworker, and one of my toughest tasks in changing belt speed on drill press. And the "get a 2 phase and hook a VFD up to it" must be limited to people who do not have "double digit" concussions. I wish there were an "upgrade kit" that could be mounted to a drill press, and give it a true variable motor that I don't light on fire from using a speed control knob lol. It's already expensive being a crip. A crip woodworker... 10x more expensive and it takes 10x longer to do things. Come on @Nova ... hook a brother up! Or have #Bosch give us a PBD-40 Drill Press here in the US.

[@EricStrebel]

Yeah, the Nova is not cheap, definitely part of the inspiration for modding my drill press. Good luck my friend, all the best.

[@carterscustomrods]

@@EricStrebel thank you! (Teknatool is right around the corner. I may stand outside with a cup, and a sign that reads "Spare Viking? Spare Voyager?". Or "Will work for Nova Viking". Lol. (I prefer a benchtop style since I can make a base for it that let's me store my bits/accessories and make it mobile. )

[@CdoGtheGreat]

For the switch plate you can do a filament change when t reaches the letters layer height.

[@Ender_Wiggin]

i hate it but it got me here so i hate my self

[@carterscustomrods]

Having one functioning arm as a woodworker, this video was the equivalent of porn for me!

[@EricStrebel]

Awesome, I absolutely love the flexibility this machine now offers me. Very please with the results. I have already upgraded the speed controller to something more robust. Totally with it as well.

[@carterscustomrods]

@@EricStrebel yeah, I always seem to come back here whenever I'm making another attempt at _anything_ electrical. I'm currently trying to figure out a motor to attach to my router lift, but I want simplicity. Everyone gets too into it for me. So I think I'm just going to cannibalize a corded screwdriver or drill lol. Then I'm going to make my own drill press entirely.

[@EricStrebel]

Good luck with those projects, hit me up on social media when they are up and working

[@carterscustomrods]

@@EricStrebel will do. And good luck with your endeavors as well.

[@CdoGtheGreat]

Ok. I keep thinking of comment as I watch this... funny narrative.... you don't need to write the disassembly steps down, when you have a video...wait...

[@DJDillyGent]

1:24 GMO's 😂

[@shaundeibert8438]

didn't really care for the type of commentary, but decent enough video.

[@EricStrebel]

Lol, me either, just making fun of the gamers .. hehehehe

[@shaundeibert8438]

lol but I have thought many times it could be nice having a reverse on the drill press. I've used the drill press a few times to run a tap down, then have to remove the bit by hand after. My treadmill motor is 1.75 horse but that still beats the hell out of both my drill press motors. That digital tach is very nice and no more fiddling with the belts. My motor is only rated for 90VDC so i may have to get/make a power supply.@@EricStrebel

[@stuartkorte1642]

Would you mind sharing their channel because it seems better than yours. 😜

[@scottydntno]

Commentary is not needed, you can just explain what you where doing in a normal way and why and what problems you ran into and what solutions you found instead. Maybe add, ideas on what you would have done differently and why.

[@EricStrebel]

Your missing the point of me making fun of the gamers. Don't normally make videos like this....lol. thanks for the comments. Check out some of my other videos that go into more details.

[@tomwyrick2824]

Sorry liked the video but thought the commentary was a bit much.🤔

[@EricStrebel]

Yes, that was the point of doing that in the video of course…making fun of the gamers 😀

[@andyb7754]

I like the content but hate the narrating, please don't do that again. Also, if you do narrate again don't have your mug on it, can't stand the look. Otherwise your videos have been getting better (almost un-subscribed a while ago until I saw better and better content). Thanks for trying to make your videos better.

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks for the feedback, you do realize that I am making fun of the people who do this style narrative?

[@mreese8764]

I liked the self narrating idea. Never seen that before.

[@EricStrebel]

I like the idea as well

[@jcoyle41]

Narration is juvenile.

[@EricStrebel]

Awesome! LMFAO, 😊

[@GalaxyStranger01]

COMA! Somebody really needs to clean under his nails when he's in the shower...

[@EricStrebel]

Clearly you don't make stuff

[@BenRyherd]

I liked the content, but it felt like a reaction video and I just can't enjoy reaction videos... The fact that you were reacting to a video that you made just made it weirder and you also repeated several jokes. My 2 cents is that the standard voiceover that's not "playing dumb" is what I prefer.

[@EricStrebel]

Ok, thanks for the feedback

[@mvadu]

I kind of liked this take on the video.. May not be a format for every single video, but for once in a blue moon things, we can enjoy I guess.

[@EricStrebel]

Thanks, I can see doing this reaction or commentary on future videos

[@christophercook8]

Lol, I mean, if you do say so yourself

[@EricStrebel]

LOL, yes

[@argentifa]

Be way better without that creepy guy in the bottom l/h corner....

[@EricStrebel]

That's a bummer that you don't get the joke

[@fredio54]

Weirdo! :-)

[@EricStrebel]

Yeah, those gamers are....

[@markkoons7488]

Neat project but the narration was annoying.

[@EricStrebel]

Awesome, supposed to be

[@TF856]

On the reversing switch, why don't you call the directions clockwise and counterclockwise or left-hand and right-hand! Because both directions are normal! Don't ever mock left-handed people! We are not backwards, upside-down, reversed, or any such negative concept. Down through the years there have been far too many negative comments linking left-handedness with things that are evil, retarded, gross, unacceptable, demented, etc! Even on my cell phone almost every single app is designed for right-handed use only! As if there was something horrible about being left-handed! I have even seen parents punish their children in public for using their left hand! Some people use the term "Lefty loosey righty tighty." I used to term righty wrongy lefty besty " Left is normal for us and anything else is backwards, upside down,etc. Just a thought. 😁😉

[@EricStrebel]

Lol, plenty of lefties out there. Those are good comments. My main thing is for threaded attachments to go in a normal direction, otherwise they come unthreaded during use.

[@TF856]

@@EricStrebel calling something normal is a relative term. Is making right-hand turns when you're driving considered more normal than left turns? When I give someone driving directions, I don't tell them to make a normal turn, or to turn normally. They would look at me like I'm nuts, crazy, loony, bonkers, etc! When working on certain machines, truck parts, gas lines, etc, the "normal" direction would be the wrong direction. Left-hand threads are more common than a lot of people realize. As a result, a lot of people just use the term left-hand and right-hand when giving directions or instructions. In many situations there is no such thing as normal. In fact a lot of people do certain things left-handed and the same people do other things right handed, and vice versa. Not all left-handed people are right footed, and not all right-handers are left-footed. Some things are more common than others but that does not mean that variations are not normal. It's funny to watch right-handers trying to use left-handed devices. Normal things for us are not normal for them. In the past a lot of teachers in schools tried to force kids to use their right hand for everything. As a result it screwed up the kids thinking processes and it slowed down their learning processes. Otherwise there'd be a lot more left-handed people in this world. Similar things took place in other countries. In some places, people were brought up not to use their left hand for anyting important! If they committed a theft or other serious crime, their right hand would be chopped off. When other people in public saw them using their left hand they knew that they were a criminal. All down Through the ages people acted like left-handed people were mentally deranged or possessed by evil spirits, etc. There are certain websites that explain lots of things that make being left-handed sound terrible. They also list about a hundred different phrases that are very derogatory or negative about left-handers. And some of those websites list lots of scientists, celebrities, actors, inventors, politicians, etc that are all left-handed! There are a hell of a lot more of them/us than people think. I was also raised in a family of six, half of us were normal, the other half were right-handed. 😃😁😉 My wife and I are both Lefties. And we are both normal. 😀 All of this is from my lifetime of observations and a little bit of research. Manufacturing companies worldwide still discriminate hugely against left-handed people!!! They should all be sued heavily for discrimination!!!!! In recent years some things have become manufactured ambidextrously, but many have not. Some people still act surprised when they see a left-handed person and comment on it. I have started acting the same way toward right-handed people, in gest of course. 😉😁 When they say something like, "I didn't know you were left handed." I would say, "isn't everybody?" Or "aren't you?" 😁 Good luck to you and yours, and have a wonderful day! 😀😃😉

[@TF856]

Copy direct from the internet: Why do trucks have left hand thread? Some cars and trucks have left-handed threads on their left-hand wheels. This is so that, when the brakes are applied suddenly and the wheels stop or slow their rotation, angular momentum will try to tighten rather than loosen the wheel nuts.Feb 22, 2023

[@e-racer4673]

This would have been a really good video if dude would have kept his freaking mouth shut!

[@EricStrebel]

Yeah, you missed the humor of the whole thing unfortunately.

[@MrSneakyGunz]

I had to mute this otherwise good video. 🤭

[@EricStrebel]

Lol

[@rdgk1se3019]

This would've been much better with out the commentary, and more of a how-to explanation.

[@EricStrebel]

It's a well documented build on KZbin, I wanted to do something a bit more fun and entertaining for this video. I do appreciate your feedback. thank you very much for that

[@rdgk1se3019]

@@EricStrebel Don't take it the wrong way, I wasn't trying to sound condensating.

[@EricStrebel]

Nope, did not take it that was, I rather enjoy the feedback from the comments I find it most helpful and useful

[@naterchapman1871]

it is really annoying to watch a video that someone is commentating on to begin with, let alone doing it to your own video, hate this idea probably a bit too much.

[@EricStrebel]

Lol

[@carlosbmartinez6457]

YOU TALK TOO MUCH !!! SORRY !!!

[@EricStrebel]

Awesome

[@EricStrebel]

Awesome