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Lloyd 1985 · 30th Jun 2020, 7:10 pm

I bought myself a proper drill press last year, it wasn’t expensive, only £25! It was a well used one with a bit of surface rust and quite dirty, but it cleaned up lovely. I also looked at the ones to put a normal hand drill into, but it would have been more expensive in the end than the used drill press! I don’t know how I managed without it, and I can think of so many jobs that I struggled with in the past which would have been made so easy if I’d had the thing before.

There are some drawbacks, it’s only speed control is by moving the belt on the pulleys, and it’s slowest speed is still pretty fast, it’s also quite large and it’s mains powered. I did see one in an antiques shop that had a large handle crank to power it!!

Regards
Lloyd

30th Jun 2020, 7:10 pm	#13
Lloyd 1985 Nonode Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coningsby, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 2,819	Re: Drill press advice I bought myself a proper drill press last year, it wasn’t expensive, only £25! It was a well used one with a bit of surface rust and quite dirty, but it cleaned up lovely. I also looked at the ones to put a normal hand drill into, but it would have been more expensive in the end than the used drill press! I don’t know how I managed without it, and I can think of so many jobs that I struggled with in the past which would have been made so easy if I’d had the thing before. There are some drawbacks, it’s only speed control is by moving the belt on the pulleys, and it’s slowest speed is still pretty fast, it’s also quite large and it’s mains powered. I did see one in an antiques shop that had a large handle crank to power it!! Regards Lloyd