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When the table on a Harbor Freight press stops cranking smoothly up and down, or the quill feed skips and grinds, a stripped or damaged gear rack is often the cause. A drill press replacement gear rack for Harbor Freight is a fixable problem, but ...
The first time I bolted a milling vise onto my drill press, I felt like I had unlocked a secret level. Here was this heavy, precise, two-axis vise that let me nudge a workpiece left and right, back and forth, all while it sat clamped rock solid un...
There is a particular pleasure in a belt-driven drill press that no gear-head machine quite matches. You move a V-belt from one pulley step to another, feel the machine settle into a new speed, and understand exactly how the power gets from the mo...
The JET JDP-20MF is a serious machine. At 20 inches of swing, it handles workpieces that a 17-inch press can't center properly, and the heavier spindle and larger motor mean you can actually push it. But all of that capability comes with a catch: ...
A vise makes drilling safer, and used well it makes drilling more accurate too. Used carelessly, it does neither: the work shifts a hair between holes, the jaws mar the part, or the whole thing spins on breakthrough. The gap between a vise that ju...
The words "milling table" on a drill press listing set a trap for the hopeful. You picture a cross-slide table turning your Harbor Freight press into a little mill, dialing in cuts on two axes. What you actually get is a positioning table, and the...
If you're comparing the Powermatic 1150 to other machines, or verifying specifications for tooling or workholding decisions, this is the reference you need. We cover the full technical spec set, point out the key differences between the 1150 and i...
Duracraft is a long-gone brand, and the Model 500 is exactly the kind of orphaned press where a wrong chuck order becomes a return, because there is no parts counter to call. Changing the chuck on a Duracraft Model 500 drill press is straightforwa...
There is a moment every drill press owner meets eventually: you have a workpiece that will not sit still, no free hand to hold it, and a column right there begging to be used as an anchor. A drill press column clamp turns that bare post into a mou...
It is the most common shortcut in the hobby-shop world, and one of the most misunderstood. You have a drill press, you need to cut a slot or flatten an edge, and a mill feels out of reach. Can you convert the one into the other? The truthful answe...
Annular cutters make big, clean holes in metal far faster than a twist drill, so it is natural to want to run one in the drill press you already own. Sometimes you can, and sometimes the press simply is not up to it, and the difference comes down ...
The Central Machinery brand is the house label for Harbor Freight, a retailer known for budget tools that range from surprisingly decent to disappointingly flimsy. The Central Machinery 13-inch drill press, sold under model numbers 38142 and 38144...
