Hey all,
I am very torn. I built a garage last year, then outfitted my shop. I
have all the tools I need, but I get cramped on space. When I was looking
for a drill press last year I got an awesome deal on a floor standing 16"
drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is always in the way.
I was considering selling it for a benchtop model. But they seem so small
and kinda worthless in comparison. So I was just looking for some opinions.
Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small sometimes less useful one
that can be tucked out of the when when not in use?
danh
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 01:51:01 GMT, "danh"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>floor standing 16"
>drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is always in the way.
I like floor-mounted drill presses, because I'm always short of
floorspace, but I'm even more short of benchspace.
If you do go to a benchtop, and you make chairs, then go for a radial
where you can tilt the head.
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/sea/searchresults.jsp;jsessionid=WVJUZ4SF0BLE1CJO2C3CHPQ?_dyncharset=UTF-8&q=radial+drill+press&n=&pn=1&pd=1&pi=1&cn=1&cd=1&x=9&y=7
It's a good compromise for still being able to fit large awkward items
under (sic) the drill.
--
What ? Me ? Evil Dictator of Iraq ?
Nah mate, I'm just a Hobbit, honest
Actually I do have it on a mobile stand. I just get tired of the mobile
tool shuffle somtimes. Plus it is my fault that I built a nice big table
with fence for the DP so it is even more in the way (always catching the
corner of the table in the back)
danh
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> how about putting it on a Delta mobile stand (around $50). I used to
> have mine on one until I realized that I never move it, so I used the
> mobile stand under a new band saw.
>
> dave
>
> danh wrote:
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I am very torn. I built a garage last year, then outfitted my shop. I
> > have all the tools I need, but I get cramped on space. When I was
looking
> > for a drill press last year I got an awesome deal on a floor standing
16"
> > drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is always in the
way.
> >
> > I was considering selling it for a benchtop model. But they seem so
small
> > and kinda worthless in comparison. So I was just looking for some
opinions.
> > Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small sometimes less useful
one
> > that can be tucked out of the when when not in use?
> >
> > danh
> >
> >
>
I'd suggest learning to live with it. There is so much more that can be
done with a 'real size' drill press over a small bench top.
Several years ago, I lucked into a 16" Radial arm drill press, bench top
model.
Most of my work is small enough to use over the bench, but occasionally I
need more height and can swing it out over the edge of the bench. I can
tilt the motor head as well as the table. The only inconvience I endure is
periodic alignment after rotating the motor head.
Matt
"danh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey all,
>
> I am very torn. I built a garage last year, then outfitted my shop. I
> have all the tools I need, but I get cramped on space. When I was looking
> for a drill press last year I got an awesome deal on a floor standing 16"
> drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is always in the way.
>
> I was considering selling it for a benchtop model. But they seem so small
> and kinda worthless in comparison. So I was just looking for some
opinions.
> Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small sometimes less useful one
> that can be tucked out of the when when not in use?
>
> danh
>
>
Just last week I had to drill holes in the ends of 29" legs for some stools
I was building. The legs attached to the seat with dowels. I couldn't have
done it with a bench top.
Preston
"danh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey all,
>
> So I was just looking for some opinions.
> Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small sometimes less useful one
> that can be tucked out of the when when not in use?
>
> danh
>
>
I have a benchtop and I'd much rather have a one like yours even in my
crowded shop. Its more versatile, heavier duty and you can drill long
shafts etc. by moving the table or tilting it 90 to use as a holder.
Unless you don't need all the advantages of a larger drill press....
Bob S.
"danh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey all,
>
> I am very torn. I built a garage last year, then outfitted my shop. I
> have all the tools I need, but I get cramped on space. When I was looking
> for a drill press last year I got an awesome deal on a floor standing 16"
> drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is always in the way.
>
> I was considering selling it for a benchtop model. But they seem so small
> and kinda worthless in comparison. So I was just looking for some
opinions.
> Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small sometimes less useful one
> that can be tucked out of the when when not in use?
>
> danh
>
>
danh wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I am very torn. I built a garage last year, then outfitted my shop.
> I have all the tools I need, but I get cramped on space. When I was
> looking for a drill press last year I got an awesome deal on a floor
> standing 16" drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is
> always in the way.
>
> I was considering selling it for a benchtop model. But they seem so
> small and kinda worthless in comparison. So I was just looking for
> some opinions. Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small
> sometimes less useful one that can be tucked out of the when when not
> in use?
Turn yours into a benchtop model.
1. Cut the pipe.
2. Find a piece of pipe the right size so you could go back to floor
if/when you get the space.
When I was considering the reverse, making a floor DP from my benchtop, I
cut a thin strip of paper, wrapped it around the pipe, and marked a pencil
line across the paper. (This was a can't-screw-up way to get the
circumference). Then I walked around the Borg checking pipe with the strip
of paper. I found some steel gas pipe that was close enough.
Since your pipe is larger you may have to go somewhere they sell real pipe
to find the right size.
-- Mark
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> When I was looking
> for a drill press last year I got an awesome deal on a floor standing 16"
> drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is always in the way.
>
> I was considering selling it for a benchtop model. But they seem so small
> and kinda worthless in comparison.
>
I went with a benchtop and mounted it on a wheeled cabinet I built with 8
drawers. There's no such thing as too much storage :-).
BTW, mine is not one of those that you can pick up and carry around.
It's got a 5/8" chuck and 12 speeds and is heavy cast iron.
It's a Taiwan cheapie but it's served me well for years.
--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?
In article <[email protected]>,
Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
>I like floor-mounted drill presses, because I'm always short of
>floorspace, but I'm even more short of benchspace.
I'm short of both - and I store my benchtop on a shelf (lying on its
side) when I'm not using it.
--
--henry schaffer
[email protected]
"danh" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Hey all,
>
> I am very torn. I built a garage last year, then outfitted my shop. I
> have all the tools I need, but I get cramped on space.
Heretic. If you have "enough tools," your work isn't diverse enough.
Take up timber framing or lute making. Then your tool-shui will be
repaired. You should always persue a state of needing more tools.
When I was looking
> for a drill press last year I got an awesome deal on a floor standing 16"
> drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is always in the way.
>
> I was considering selling it for a benchtop model. But they seem so small
> and kinda worthless in comparison.
Dear God no. A benchtop drill press is something you buy when you
have to "make do" because your shop is in the living room of your
manhattan apartment. The sound they make when you turn 'em on is
"wusssssss" and the noise they make when you try to work a
medium-sized workpiece is "can't."
>So I was just looking for some opinions.
> Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small sometimes less useful one
> that can be tucked out of the when when not in use?
Can you move the dust-collector outside the garage to save space?
Bill
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:20:54 GMT, "Mark Jerde"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Turn yours into a benchtop model.
>
>1. Cut the pipe.
>2. Find a piece of pipe the right size so you could go back to floor
>if/when you get the space.
Even easier solution is to get a mobile stand and move it out of the
way when you don't need it. There are a lot of floor DPs that are
threaded quite a way down the leg for the table, it would be a shame
to lose that.
danh wrote:
> Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small sometimes less useful one
> that can be tucked out of the when when not in use?
Personally, all my benchtop tools end up getting put on dedicated stands
that always get in the way anyway. My workbench, after all, is a
workbench, not a tool stand.
I recently traded my benchtop/stand for a 15" floor model, and I'm much
happier with the bigger machine all around. Nothing not to like, and
plenty to love. In my case, the footprint is about the same, so space
saving wasn't a consideration either way.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
In article <[email protected]>,
"danh" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I am very torn. I built a garage last year, then outfitted my shop. I
> have all the tools I need, but I get cramped on space. When I was looking
> for a drill press last year I got an awesome deal on a floor standing 16"
> drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is always in the way.
>
> I was considering selling it for a benchtop model. But they seem so small
> and kinda worthless in comparison. So I was just looking for some opinions.
> Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small sometimes less useful one
> that can be tucked out of the when when not in use?
>
> danh
>
>
I've got both kinds. A new Jet floor model and an old Walker Turner
benchtop model. The benchtop one weighs a ton! I've never weighed it,
but I wouldn't be surprised if it was 200 lbs. Tucked out of the way
when not in use? Not likely without a forklift!
"Preston Andreas" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just last week I had to drill holes in the ends of 29" legs for some stools
> I was building. The legs attached to the seat with dowels. I couldn't have
> done it with a bench top.
I've done long work with my benchtop. The head rotates on the column,
so I can clamp the base to the benchtop (to keep it from tipping), and
flip the head around so the chuck is hanging out over the edge of the
bench. Not quite as convenient as a floor model, but works in a pinch.
how about putting it on a Delta mobile stand (around $50). I used to
have mine on one until I realized that I never move it, so I used the
mobile stand under a new band saw.
dave
danh wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I am very torn. I built a garage last year, then outfitted my shop. I
> have all the tools I need, but I get cramped on space. When I was looking
> for a drill press last year I got an awesome deal on a floor standing 16"
> drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is always in the way.
>
> I was considering selling it for a benchtop model. But they seem so small
> and kinda worthless in comparison. So I was just looking for some opinions.
> Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small sometimes less useful one
> that can be tucked out of the when when not in use?
>
> danh
>
>
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 01:51:01 GMT, "danh"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>I am very torn. I built a garage last year, then outfitted my shop. I
>have all the tools I need, but I get cramped on space. When I was looking
>for a drill press last year I got an awesome deal on a floor standing 16"
>drill press. It is great, but it is a monster that is always in the way.
>
>I was considering selling it for a benchtop model. But they seem so small
>and kinda worthless in comparison. So I was just looking for some opinions.
>Live with the bid press in the way. Or a small sometimes less useful one
>that can be tucked out of the when when not in use?
>
>danh
>
I have only used a floor model. It really does not take up much
space, and there have been numerous times that I appreciate the long
distance to the floor. A drill press works fine (most of the time) in
a shop corner. I encourage you to keep the beast and learn to
appreciate the animal for what it is.
How about dissembling it enough to sink the shaft in a hole in a bench or
table and then reassemble it over/under the bench? When/if time comes for
more space, reverse the process.
"Brian Henderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:20:54 GMT, "Mark Jerde"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Turn yours into a benchtop model.
> >
> >1. Cut the pipe.
> >2. Find a piece of pipe the right size so you could go back to floor
> >if/when you get the space.
>
> Even easier solution is to get a mobile stand and move it out of the
> way when you don't need it. There are a lot of floor DPs that are
> threaded quite a way down the leg for the table, it would be a shame
> to lose that.