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Walker Turner presses have a following for a reason. These are old American machines, built in an era of heavy castings and generous bearings, and a well kept one will outlast anything on the shelf today. The people who own them tend to love them....
Let me be honest before the how-to: a drill press is built for downward force, not the sideways load of milling, and this is the one job where the wrong setup can throw a cutter. If you want to hold an end mill for light, careful work, the safe pa...
A used bowling ball drilling setup can be a shrewd buy or an expensive headache, and the deciding factor is rarely the price tag. It is whether the jig is complete and the press underneath is still rigid and true. I have watched shops score a deca...
Sanding the inside of a curve is one of woodworking's more tedious tasks. A hand-sanding block takes forever, a flexible sanding strip works inconsistently, and a dedicated oscillating spindle sander costs several hundred dollars. A drum sander at...
The Craftsman 17-inch drill press is the big one in the Craftsman lineup, a floor-class machine with the swing and muscle to handle work that stops a benchtop press cold. But "Craftsman 17-inch" is not a single machine; it spans versions with diff...
Chicago Machinery and Chicago Electric presses are common home-shop machines, and when the chuck needs to come off for a worn set of jaws or a keyless upgrade, the job trips people up only because they skip a couple of checks first. Knowing how to...
The table is the part of a vintage drill press that gets judged last and matters more than people think. It is where the work sits, where accuracy is won or lost, and where a surprising amount of a machine's value hides. A cracked or missing table...
The Dremel 220-01 Workstation arrived at my bench in a slim box, and I set it up in about ten minutes. If you already own a Dremel rotary tool and you have ever tried to drill a straight, repeatable hole by hand, this accessory is the obvious next...
A benchtop drill press is the most practical machine for home shops that do not have floor space for a full-size industrial press. It sits on a workbench, it drills straight holes, and it handles everything from small twist bits to large Forstner ...
If you own a JET drill press - or you're planning to buy one - getting the vise selection right is worth more time than most people give it. JET does make its own DPV-series drill press vises, but they're not always easy to find on Amazon. The goo...
The machine came with the garage, or from an estate sale, or down from a relative who swore by it: a tall, gray, cast-iron Sears Craftsman heavy-duty 15-1/2 inch drill press with a model number starting in 113. You want to know whether it is worth...
The WEN 4212T drill press is the machine I recommend most often to people setting up a first serious benchtop press, and after living with one it is easy to see why it sells so well. Variable speed with a real digital readout, a laser, a work ligh...
