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Milling aluminum on a drill press is a stretch. Milling steel on one is a different order of trouble, because steel adds hardness and heat to a machine that was already fighting the wrong kind of load. People try it to save the cost of a mill, and...
The old drill press is one of the great bargains in the used-tool world. While collectors chase old lathes and milling machines and bid the prices up, drill presses sit quietly at estate sales and on marketplace listings, heavy and unglamorous and...
If you are searching for a radial drill press that can handle large workpieces without repositioning them on the table, the Baileigh RD-1600H-VS is one of the most capable machines in its class. This is a production-grade, freight-only piece of eq...
I have a soft spot for tools that stop me from walking across the shop. The Baileigh DP-1400VS variable-speed drill press is one of them, because it puts a vise, a coolant nozzle, and a speed dial all within arm's reach of the feed handle. Whether...
A drill press feels tame. It stands still, it drills a hole, it stops. That calm is exactly why people get hurt on it, because the two things that cause the worst injuries, a workpiece that spins loose and loose clothing or hair caught in the chuc...
Drilling a precise hole in metal requires the workpiece to stay exactly where you place it. Unlike wood, metal does not compress under a vise jaw, and it is unforgiving when the bit grabs and spins. A hand vise, a C-clamp, or even a woodworking vi...
Search for a benchtop drill press made in the USA and you quickly run into an uncomfortable truth. Most benchtop drill presses on the market today, across nearly every familiar brand, are built overseas, mainly in Taiwan and China, and then sold u...
For a lot of buyers, American made is not nostalgia, it is a shorthand for a machine built heavy, built to last, and built to be fixed rather than replaced. When people go looking for an American made drill press, they are usually after that: the ...
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The stock table on a drill press is built for metalwork and frustrating for wood: too small, too slick, and holed in the middle. A shop-built table fixes all of it, and it is the upgrade most people reach for first. Good plans do more than list cu...
Most drill presses change speed the same way: you shut the machine off, open a cover, and move a rubber belt across a set of pulley steps. The gear head drill press does it differently, and that difference marks the line between a light shop machi...
A neighbor offers you an old Craftsman 8-inch drill press for the price of a decent lunch, and you are standing in the garage trying to decide. The paint is chipped, the chuck wears a little rust, but the spindle spins true and the motor hums with...
