[sdiy] Drills (again)

[James Patchell]

If you are going to get a Drill Press, consider instead a 
Mill/Drill.  However, you will need someplace to more or less permanently 
set up the Mill/Drill (Mine weighs in at close to a ton), preferably a 
concrete floor.  Also, a drill/mill costs about $1K, so this might be 
another deterrent.  I suggest the Mill/Drill because you can do a lot more 
with them than just drill holes.  However, a good drill press only costs 
about $150, so let your budget dictate.  I buy my tools from Grizly:

http://www.grizzly.com/

Always buy the biggest tool you can afford...I have found that to be a good 
general rule.


At 05:55 PM 6/22/2004 -0400, allenre at umich.edu wrote:
>I ordered a steel rack panel to put my synth on.  Turns out that the 6U panel
>weighs close to 8lb (it is 1/8" thick), and I think this dashes my dreams of
>using a hand drill.  I was going to use the DeWalt Model D21008K, but now I am
>seriously considering a drill press.  Any reccomendations?  I'll probably pick
>it up at Home Depot.  You can respond off of the list since I'm sure most have
>heard enough about drilling here.
>
>Ryan

         -Jim
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