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Duracraft drill presses were budget import machines, sold through department and hardware stores from roughly the late 1970s into the 1990s, and they have long since left production. That history shapes everything about finding parts for one today...
Two drill presses can both be called twelve inch machines and still disagree about whether they can drill the center of a dinner plate. The number on the box describes swing, and swing is set by throat depth, the single measurement that quietly de...
Ask ten shop owners for the best drill press and you will get ten answers, because they are all answering a different question. The woodworker wants a low speed for Forstner bits, the metalworker wants mass and torque, the jeweler wants a tiny pre...
When a job means drilling clean holes in structural steel out in the field, a magnetic drill is the tool that goes to the work instead of the other way around. DeWalt is a name most tradespeople already trust for cordless and corded tools, and its...
A Delta 11-950 shows up in a local listing, the photos look decent, and the temptation is to focus on the asking figure and little else. That is the wrong way to buy a discontinued machine. The 11-950 has not been sold new for years, so there is n...
A drill press looks heavy and stable sitting on the bench, so the temptation to skip bolting it down is strong. Then one day you drill a big bit into steel, the bit grabs, and the whole machine tries to twist or the tall column rocks. That is the ...
The first time I watched a jeweler drill a 1-millimeter hole through a brass watch plate, I realized how much precision matters. They were not using a floor-standing drill press with a 12-inch swing and a laser guide. They were using a machine sma...
Ryobi presses are the tool a lot of people learn on. They are the ones that show up in first garages and school shops, and they take a beating. So when the chuck gives up, letting bits spin or refusing to close on a small drill, it is often someon...
Here is the thing about "drill press attachments": the phrase means four completely different products depending on who is using it. A beginner might want a stand to hold their hand drill upright. An intermediate woodworker might be looking for a ...
Most holes in most projects are drilled without a drill press, so the honest starting point is that you do not need one for the majority of jobs. What you need is a way to keep a handheld drill straight, because the whole reason people reach for a...
Drilling a hole through a piece of sea glass or a river stone for a pendant looks like it should be simple, right up until the stone cracks or the bit skates across a slick surface and scratches your work. Stone and gem materials are hard, brittle...
The Buffalo Forge name on a drill press means something, and that is exactly why it pays to slow down before buying one. Buffalo Forge Company of Buffalo, New York, built genuinely heavy, industrial-grade drilling machines, powered floor presses a...
