Anyone use a Arboga Radial Drill?

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Tom1

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• Nov 2, 2006

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I have been looking for a small radial drill. These look like a nice size for me Arboga Drill What is the maximum size drill in mild steel. Is the taper a #4. Any specific trouble to look out for with these. I have a nice Arboga drill press now, I know they are well made. Just want to know about them before I jump into one.

Tom

 

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Dave A

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Probably can't tell you more than you already know. Arboga is a Swedish company and produced 20" gear head drill presses for Wilton and may in fact still do so. Before that Wilton had them made by A.B. Strand, also a Swedish company.

Arboga makes good machines, but they are probably much more common in Europe. I would think the seller should be able to tell you which taper size the machine takes. Here is a link to a model RLM3508, which is in Swedish.

http://www.norima.com/visadokument.CFM?DID=8302

Says it takes a MT4 taper and drilling capacity in steel is 40mm, which is 1.57", or inch and a half.

 

bluchip

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Know nothing of Arboga.....just giving a little Radial Insight. We have 4 Carltons from 3'X11" to 6'X19". I ran a 5' Ikeda at one time. The thing that I found a huge shortcoming with the Ikeda and those of like pattern is the lack of a clutch. I don't know if that Arboga has one but it is generally true if the motor is on the head then there is no spindle clutch. This is a big advantage when tapping....you can ride little #10's and big 1-1/2" NPT with a proper clutch, ease it in ease the reversal, etc. Something to think about. With out the clutch it's bump the motor switch on/off like a standard drill press. If you're looking for a radial you probably should take advantage of the benefits of a well built unit.

 

Mud

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I had a standard 3508 with the same head, it did not have a clutch. It did have a very nice feed clutch and stop mechanism that just eased up on the clutch and let it slip when it reached the bottom of the hole so it would rest against the stop rather than releasing completely like a bridgeport feed does. In my manual the drill capacity in steel was listed as 1-5/8" in the inch specs.

 

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TimLeech

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I have a smaller Arboga radial than those, 3MT spindle & the same head as on their mill-drils, it has a circular rotatable table, very basic but nicely made. Suits me, & I wouldn't have room for anything bigger.

Tim

 

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Gary Reif

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Tom1,we've got a small radial Arboga at work . It seemsd very well built and I like using it.
Gary

 

Spud

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heres a smaller arboga but seller made a mistake with title.
He puts AB before arboga.Don't know what the AB stands for but must be an acronym for a type of Swedish corperation like GMBH is for Germany or SPA for Italy.

arboga

 

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Dr. Rob

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I own and use a variety of Arbogas daily. They're the greatest. Nothing like Arboga. There are drills, and there is Arboga.

Just kidding. It is true though-- they're good machines, with a lifespan about the same as your own. If you already know of the drill presses, the radial should be no different.

Only caveat I can think of is that sometimes workers in a hurry will change gears in mid-flight, which can wear a bit on the internal organs. (which are very strong anyway) Or that the little gear lever mechanism is busted (it's just a spring-loaded plunger) so the machine pops into neutral all the time. It's a condition easily fixed with a rubber band.

Addendums... Spud got it right. AB is just a business acronym like Inc or LTD. Arboga is the city in which they're made. Norima is okay to deal with; I've bought from them before.

 

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TimLeech

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heres a smaller arboga but seller made a mistake with title.
He puts AB before arboga.Don't know what the AB stands for but must be an acronym for a type of Swedish corperation like GMBH is for Germany or SPA for Italy.

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Thats the same model I have, except mine is probably a bit later & has a sealed gearbox instead of the change wheels, a taller column & a slightly bigger table.

AB stands for something like Aktiebolaget, same sort of thing as 'company' or maybe 'limited'.

Tim

 

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Dr. Rob

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Yeah. If you really want to get into it, it's a shareholder company. Aktie = share, bolag = company.

 

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Tom1

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Thank you for the info so far. Here is another question. What is the differance a model ER830 and model RLM 3508.

ER830

RLM3508

 

Milacron

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Tom1, power feed and smoother travel are two big differences. The RLM models have ball bearings on the ram travel. Probably other differences, such as motor HP, but the power feed and quicker/easier ram travel are huge improvements that would make the RLM3508 much more desirable to own.

 

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surthrival

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3' and 2' arboga

Milacron said:

Tom1, power feed and smoother travel are two big differences. The RLM models have ball bearings on the ram travel. Probably other differences, such as motor HP, but the power feed and quicker/easier ram travel are huge improvements that would make the RLM3508 much more desirable to own.

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I worked with both the 3' and 2' arboga radial drills. The 3' is comparable to any quality large radial arm drill.
The 2' is the perfect sized radial drill IMHO. Manual vertical and manual horizontal... with enough wheels and levers to keep me happy. Geared head is the way to go... nobody likes changing speeds with belts...Has a large rec. swing-away cast iron table so you can use the floor base a work stand for larger/taller sized metal things that need to be drilled.
I have been looking to buy one ever since. (In fact, if anyone here is selling an ER830 ER825, contact me.)
They would both turn holes in thick plate as big as the goofiest-largest bits we had. ... if you can stuff the bit in the chuck, odds are it will do what is asked of it.
And they both had hand scraped ways, which seemed factory to me.
To this day I have a pretty big crush on the 2' models.
-Drew

 

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Dr. Dingseboms

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Sorry for bumping into this very old thread. Have anyone tried to open the gearbox of an Arboga ER830? My left gear shifter only engages into the gear to the right (high gear) or in neutral, so I have to open it up and see whats wrong. Any tips?