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Originally Posted by Martin Bush
I see there's stands on ebay for around the £20 mark. Does anyone have any experience of these or similar?
Martin
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Around 50 years ago I bought a Black and Decker stand which I still use from time to time. Presumably whatever stand you buy it will need to fit whatever drill you have. The main problem with it is that the drill can move slightly sideways. Sideways pressure helps to keep it stable but especially with larger bits the force is too large to be able to stop the drill wiggling and you end up with weird-shaped holes. It seems to be OK with small bits if you centre punch the hole first. Not really the thing for precision engineering though.
Pillar drills are much better if you want to spend the extra money.