[sdiy] Dremel drill press

[johnspeth at yahoo.com]

About 10 years ago I bought a Dremel brand drill press.  It doesn't look like the one you are pointing to.  It basically works but the precision was a big disappointment for me.  I bought it to drill PCB holes.
I think the problem with mine is that the bearings that guide the toothed shaft to which the drill is fastened are of poor quality (assuming there even are bearings in mine).  What I experienced is the bit point will shift position as pressure is applied at the time when the bit point starts to press into the board.  I used strong rubber bands on the shaft to apply one-way pressure to the shaft in the bearing sleeve.  It helped enough to make it barely usable for 0.1 inch work but the not enough to make me want to use it a lot.  The press is probably sufficient for craft use (like model trains and planes) but not for precision engineering work.
If that's your intended purpose for this press, I suggest you evaluate one first and check that it has the precision you're looking for. 
JJS


----- Original Message ----
From: Dump Static <xpandrew at ph.k12.in.us>
To: Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:35:23 AM
Subject: [sdiy] Dremel drill press

Anyone have good/bad experience with this:

http://www.mytoolstore.com/dremel/drillprs.html

tanks :)
Drew

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