Pathetic little drill press

[Batmanacw]

This little drill press is one of my favorite tools.



It survived the tornado that destroyed the garage it was in 7 years ago. The owner kept it even with the top cover mangled. He passed away and his widow gave it to me. I fixed it up and had a great idea.

This drill press wears an O flute 3/4" countersink all the time. I set the quill so it will chamfer a thin part.



It just sits there. The table never moves, the rpm never changes. If the part fits in the envelope then I can chamfer the hole. Saves a lot of time on smaller parts.

I absolutely love having this little thing ready to go all the time.

 

[SouthernChap]

Nothing pathetic about that at all. Sure, it might not be as nice as one of the old sensitive drill presses Mr Pete recently showed but it'll do the job.

I bet you can feel the chamfer being made.

 

[Batmanacw]

Nothing pathetic about that at all. Sure, it might not be as nice as one of the old sensitive drill presses Mr Pete recently showed but it'll do the job.

I bet you can feel the chamfer being made.

Very easy to control. The 0 flute cutter does a great job. Simple and easy. Definitely worth having it around.

 

[mmcmdl]

I've got that same one set up on the foosball table . It's not bad at all other than no very low speeds .

 

[Batmanacw]

I've got that same one set up on the foosball table . It's not bad at all other than no very low speeds .

It's nice to have the room for a dedicated tool.

 

[mmcmdl]

It's nice to have the room for a dedicated tool.

I used it to drill some 33/64ths holes thru some 400 series SS hinges this past summer . I was wishing I had kept the BP that day .

 

[tobnpr]

Love that old Taiwanese green...

 

[jwmay]

I had a small 60s craftsman relegated to deburring and countersinks for a year or two. Then I gave up a whole basement for a couple hundred square feet on a ground floor. Anyway…yep…super handy!

 

[T Bredehoft]

Don't complain, you can crank your drill press table up and down, I get to slide mine around while lifting/sliding... It still drills a round hole, though.

 

[Batmanacw]

Don't complain, you can crank your drill press table up and down, I get to slide mine around while lifting/sliding... It still drills a round hole, though.

Mine is a slider type. No crank on the little table. Lol.

It will probably never be moved again as long as I own it. I've got much bigger drill presses. This just happens to be the perfect small part chamfer tool for me.