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A 20 inch drill press is a big floor machine, and its table is a heavy casting that takes real abuse over the years, until it is cracked, badly pitted, or the trunnion is worn past adjustment. Before you go looking for a 20 inch drill press replac...
Search for drill press table and fence plans and you will find dozens, ranging from a scrap of plywood with a screwed-on stick to elaborate systems with tracks, stops, and dust ports. The differences between them are not really about looks; they a...
Delta built drill presses for decades, revised them along the way, and sold them under Delta, Delta/Rockwell, and Rockwell badges, which means a single model can exist in several slightly different versions. That is why ordering vintage Delta part...
The Craftsman 34983 is a 10-inch benchtop drill press that Craftsman sold in the post-Sears era — a compact five-speed machine designed for home-shop use. If you have one and you're looking for replacement parts, the first thing you need to know i...
Changing a drill press chuck means two things in sequence: removing the old chuck cleanly, and installing the new one so it seats fully and runs true. Both steps have specific prerequisites that determine whether the job goes smoothly or creates a...
A magnetic drill press is a different animal from the machine bolted to your bench. Instead of bringing the work to the tool, you bring the tool to the work: the whole drill clamps itself to a steel beam or plate with a powerful magnet and cuts a ...
Rockwell drill presses were built in an era when a machine was meant to be repaired, not replaced, which is good news when the belt finally cracks. The belt is one of the few wear parts on these old workhorses, and changing it is a job the origina...
When the quill on your Grizzly press stops springing back after a hole, the return spring has either lost tension or broken, and the fix is well within reach at home. Replacing the quill spring on a Grizzly drill press is a satisfying repair, but ...
Milescraft makes the kind of accessories that solve one annoyance well: a drilling guide, a mortising setup, a fence, a hold-down. The trouble people run into is not quality, it is fit. They buy an attachment for the job they have in mind, then di...
A small drill press is not a lesser version of a full-size machine. It is a different tool for a different job. It fits in small shops, handles light work, and drills accurate holes in materials that do not need the power or the capacity of a floo...
Open the door of an old blacksmith shop, a farm forge, or a barn that has not changed in a century, and there is a fair chance you will find a Champion Blower and Forge drill press bolted to a post, its big flywheel and cast gears still turning by...
Horsepower is the spec buyers argue about most when choosing a drill press, and 1 HP is the number that marks the line between a light-duty machine and a serious one. But choosing a 1 HP press well means understanding how it compares to the smalle...
