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Every so often someone clears out a relative's shed and finds a curious cast-metal stand with a portable drill clamped into it, wearing a faded Black & Decker badge and the number GD80. It looks like a drill press, works like a drill press, and ye...
There are plenty of free drill press table plans floating around, and the price is right, but free plans vary wildly in quality. Some are complete enough to build a flat, square, accurate table from; others are little more than a photo and a rough...
A squealing or slipping belt is the most common complaint on a Craftsman press, and it is also the quickest thing to put right. A Craftsman drill press replacement belt drops in fast, and the key is matching it by profile and length off your own m...
The laser crosshair on a Porter Cable press is meant to show exactly where the bit will land, and when the two lines drift off the bit center, the guide becomes worse than useless. Knowing how to adjust the laser on a Porter Cable drill press is a...
The WEN drill press is the tool that got a whole generation of woodworkers into the hobby, and sooner or later one of them wants to cut a mortise with it. Then comes the search for a "WEN mortise attachment," and the confusion that follows, becaus...
A friend called me over to look at a Craftsman 13 inch drill press 2/3 HP he had scored from a retiring cabinetmaker. It stood in his garage like it owned the place, taller than his shop vac, with a coat of sawdust and one worn belt. He wanted to ...
Buying a replacement chuck for a drill press is straightforward once you know three things: the spindle taper on your machine, the chuck capacity you need, and whether you want a keyed or keyless design. Get those three right and the new chuck ins...
Here is a scene I bet you know. You are drilling a hole in a small metal bracket, the bit grabs, and suddenly the workpiece spins like a helicopter blade and flings itself across the shop. If you were holding it by hand, that is a trip to urgent c...
Drilling wood on a drill press throws chips and fine dust straight up into your line of sight and all over the table, which is annoying at best and a visibility and lung hazard at worst. A drill press table with dust collection tackles that at the...
The number 115.5454 is a Sears prefix, the giveaway that you are working on an older Sears or Craftsman built press, and it is the key to finding the right motor. Before you buy a drill press replacement motor for a 115.5454 machine, diagnose the ...
I have watched more than one person unbox a shiny X-Y mill table, lift it toward their drill press, and then just stand there. It does not bolt on. The slots do not line up, the thing is heavier than the factory table can carry, and the handwheels...
There is a moment every drill press owner knows: the part is too big or too awkward for the vise, and holding it by hand feels like a bad idea because it is one. A 9-inch drill press locking clamp is built for exactly that moment. It reaches acros...
