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MEXICOWANDERER
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May 12, 2018

Comments & Experiences With Tabletop Hobby Drill Press?

Not interested in a "bolt your drill to this" chassis Want to bore perfectly straight no 3 and no 4 holes to be metric tapped. Any thoughts about a mini Y and Y axis vise? ...
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STBRetired
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May 13, 2018
Back in the early 70's I had a Craftsman table top drill press that looked a lot like the WEN that Mr Wizard posted. Maybe was a bit taller. Drilled a lot of holes in brass and aluminum with no issues. Tapped a lot of those holes, but we never were looking for .001 tolerances. Not that it might not have been that accurate, but we never checked. It did have problems with steel more than about 3/4" thick. Or drilling big holes with Forstner bits. Think motor was 1/8 or 1/4 HP only.

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