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

[Graham Atkins]

That looks like a nice machine for the money. Regarding the laser, I  
would only use it as a guide. Any drill bit however sharp will tend to  
"wander"
especially if it is small. The only sure way to do it is to use a  
centre punch to indent the panel where the hole is needed to guide the  
bit. With anything
I would always start with a "pilot" hole no bigger than say 1/8" and  
then enlarge the hole with bigger drill(s) to the required size. This  
will usually be quite
accurate.

Graham

On 27 Jun 2009, at 00:29, Karl Ekdahl wrote:

>
> I second the craftsman, albeit i'm unsure about the accuracy of the  
> laser so i keep my eyeballs on the bit. And as others have said; for  
> exact placement use a small bit and slowly increase the bit size to  
> the final hole. Personally i think step bits are pretty inaccurate  
> and don't give enough precision - but again, maybe mine is just too  
> worn..
>
> Karl
>
> --- Den fre 2009-06-26 skrev Mark Olson <lessismo at gmail.com>:
>
>> Från: Mark Olson <lessismo at gmail.com>
>> Ämne: Re: [sdiy] speaking of drilling... Small drill press  
>> recommendations?
>> Till: "sdiy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>> Datum: fredag 26 juni 2009 23.13
>> 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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