Got my new Horrible Freight drill press today...

67Dart273 said
On a serious not many drill presses are geared WAAAAYYYY to high speed for serious metalwork drilling. I got one 'eck of a deal years back on a used Jet drill/ Mill. Now THAT thing will DRILL HOLES!!!

And then there's this arm-breaking, wrist-twistin, head-knockin thang.......

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When I was in the Navy we had a B&D 3/4" drill. Hell you could'a had 10 men, they could not have hung onto that thing. It was in one of those "made for it" drill presses
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When I worked for dresser Ind. , we were drilling concrete for some new big lathes , my helper hit the trigger on an air drill about 2/3 times that size, while I was changing bits, "after I told him specifically don't touch it" , guess who`s finger got broke in the knuckle?
I should have unplugged the air, but I didn`t think anyone was that stupid , guess I was the stupid one !.