Convert Bench Drill Press To Floor Standing

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Convert bench drill press to floor standing.

Wen 4227 13 amp 12 speed floor standing drill press 17 4 7 out of 5 stars 64. Drill presses are split into two camps based on the functionality. I wanted it to be sturdy i wanted a depth stop that wouldn t wander or slip i wanted it to be cheap i was not looking to buy the best tool i could afford simply because i had very basic needs. Floor standing vs bench press.

Since i could not fit a 4 foot piece of wood in my drill press i loosened the top of my drill press and swung it out over the edge of my workbench so that i had as much clearance as the space between the drill press chuck and the floor. It came with a free bag of drill bits. Making a bench top drill press into a floor model drill press when i bought my drill press a couple years ago i had three criteria. A floor standing drill press won t be in my budget any time soon but benchtop drill presses are regularly available on craigslist for 50 or less.

Many of them have just a couple inches of room for stock once a decent sized bit is chucked even with the table lowered as much as possible. In this video we are going to unbox assemble and test a very affordable small drill stand i got online. Problem is they re all so darned short. Today i was working on re arranging my shop a little bit and in the process of moving my drill press i.