Gun Drilling

To enable us to meet our customers’ needs for short lead time, rapid completion and delivery on or ahead of time, Craftsman Tool & Mold Co. has made and will continue to make a substantial
investment in gundrilling technology and machinery. This includes machinery with full CNC capabilities.

No matter how many parts you need, our gundrilling division can meet a variety of tolerances and capabilities, including capacities from 0.062 inches to 2.000 inches in diameter. Holes 0.437 inches to 2.000 inches in diameter can be drilled to a depth of 80 inches from one side.

In addition, gundrilling machines have a work holding capacity of 40,000 pounds. We offer table dimensions up to 55 inches by 96 inches, with table travel 48 inches vertical by 96 inches horizontal.

Counterboring, tapping, clamp slots and eye bolts are easily accomplished for full service.

Craftsman is excited about our recently purchased Taurus gundrill! It has a heavy duty
multi-spindle and 4-axis traveling column.
The table load capacity is 60,000 lbs with drilling spindle speeds of 0-3400 rpm. It has an extra
heavy duty milling spindle, auxiliary spindle speeds of 0-2000 rpm and a CAT 50 auxiliary
Spindle Taper. It uses the STS (single tube system) drill. This drill removes chips through an internal tube, eliminating all the problems of chip binding and jamming which often occur with conventional deep hole drills. With the STS drill, operators can increase feed up to 8 ipm for standard cooling holes. As a result, they cut part cycle time by up to 50 percent!

Grinding

Plate clean and deburred ground to +.0002/-0

Grinding is another one of the many services that Craftsman Tool & Mold has to offer. Craftsman has Surface Grinders and a Blanchard Grinder.

• Craftsman has high precision, horizontal reciprocating surface grinders

• We take extra steps to minimize warped plates. We prerough all necessary plates,
  then stress relieve, before we proceed to finish ground. 

• Flat, parallel, square and uniformity tolerances within .0002

• Large capacity - capable of grinding plates up to 48 inches by 144 inches