Drill press recommendations please

[novelty]

Want to buy one for the shop, maybe used to drill something like polish a bushing.

Any recommended brand/model please?

Thanks

[kel-tec-innovations]

Budget? How accurate? If its drilling non-precise polishing any cheap drill press will do.

[novelty]

<$500 ?

Requirements, stable, little wobbling, drill metal and wood.

[ar15barrels]

Want to buy one for the shop, maybe used to drill something like polish a bushing.

A lathe is usually a much better tool for polishing bushings.

Drill presses are best used for drilling holes.

[ar15barrels]

<$500 ?

Requirements, stable, little wobbling, drill metal and wood.

Drill presses are sized by the throat depth.
That would be the distance from the center of the drill chuck to the front edge of the post.

So a 12" drill press can drill a hole in the middle of a 24" square piece of material.
How large of a piece of material would you need to be able to drill a hole in the middle of?

Start there and determine your size reguirements.
After that, go look at Grizzly.

https://www.grizzly.com/drill-presses

They offer decent quality imported tools and more importantly, they can provide parts should you ever break something.

This would probably be my recommendation for a benchtop drill press:

https://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Speed-Heavy-Duty-Bench-Top-Drill-Press/G7943

It has low range speeds which would allow you to tap with it.
Stay away from the the models with only 3-5 speeds as they will not have lower speeds for things that need a lot of power.

For a fullsize stand-up machine, look at this one:

https://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Speed-Heavy-Duty-14-Floor-Drill-Press/G7944

[novelty]

another use case is, say, built a heavy duty table, like 2-inch thick.

[novelty]

Drill presses are sized by the throat depth.
That would be the distance from the center of the drill chuck to the front edge of the post.

So a 12" drill press can drill a hole in the middle of a 24" square piece of material.
How large of a piece of material would you need to be able to drill a hole in the middle of?

Start there and determine your size reguirements.
After that, go look at Grizzly.

https://www.grizzly.com/drill-presses

They offer decent quality imported tools and more importantly, they can provide parts should you ever break something.

This would probably be my recommendation for a benchtop drill press:

https://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Speed-Heavy-Duty-Bench-Top-Drill-Press/G7943

It has low range speeds which would allow you to tap with it.
Stay away from the the models with only 3-5 speeds as they will not have lower speeds for things that need a lot of power.

For a fullsize stand-up machine, look at this one:
https://www.grizzly.com/products/12-...ll-Press/G7944

Thanks a lot, let me research this

[novelty]

Drill presses are sized by the throat depth.
That would be the distance from the center of the drill chuck to the front edge of the post.

So a 12" drill press can drill a hole in the middle of a 24" square piece of material.
How large of a piece of material would you need to be able to drill a hole in the middle of?

Start there and determine your size reguirements.
After that, go look at Grizzly.

https://www.grizzly.com/drill-presses

They offer decent quality imported tools and more importantly, they can provide parts should you ever break something.

This would probably be my recommendation for a benchtop drill press:

https://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Speed-Heavy-Duty-Bench-Top-Drill-Press/G7943

It has low range speeds which would allow you to tap with it.
Stay away from the the models with only 3-5 speeds as they will not have lower speeds for things that need a lot of power.

For a fullsize stand-up machine, look at this one:
https://www.grizzly.com/products/12-...ll-Press/G7944

Looks like the floor model is more sturdy. The bench model has that belt/wheels to transfer power from the motor to the drill.

correction, both have belts.

[67Cuda]

You can find a drill press all day long on Craig's list, well under $500.00

[arrowshooter]

ditto on the higher number of speeds available.

[shafferds]

Get 16 speed if possible