[sdiy] speaking of drilling... Small drill press recommendations?

[Mark Olson]

I've had this drill press for about 6 months and love it:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00921914000P?vName=Tools&cName=Bench+Power+Tools&sName=Drill+Presses

I already had a pretty good selection of bits but if you are not  
drilling anything harder than aluminum I'd recommend going to the  
hardware store and buying decent quality HSS bits in the sizes you  
need.  A set may be less expensive but if you're discerning about the  
holes being just the right size you'll end up buying more bits to  
compliment the set (unless it's one of those fancy sets that has every  
possible size).  A lot of people swear by step bits, and they are  
nice, but again, they don't usually have exactly the increment I want.

Mark




On Jun 26, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Todd Sines wrote:

> I gotta lotta holes to drill. My cordless drill attempts looks like  
> a drunken caveman just discovered what a drill is. And of course,  
> I'm only doing one of any project so it doesn't make a lot of sense  
> to do the Front Panel Express thing [although, that would be lovely].
>
> What your best suggestion for something under $200? [and maybe your  
> choice of bits]
>
>
> +odd
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