What else a drill press can do?

[rgarcia26]

Other that drilling holes……Lol
I use my drill press as a planner using the Save-T- planner
I Saw this guy Using it as a drum sander (Great Idea)
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9608386#post9608386
What else can we do with our Drill press?

 

[SurferJoe46]

I've used mine as an end mill and a shaper.

I also use the table on it to hold my router and a jigsaw too, blade pointing up.

I also wound a few bobbin coils once or twice at the slowest speed.

If you're good you can use it to 'engine-turn' aluminum/copper/brass flat stock too.

 

[mid_life_crisis]

It's also a press for squeezing tightly fitted pieces together that a clamp either doesn't fit or would be awkward. Of course the usefulness of this depends on how deep the throat is on yours.
Think seating bearings, tight fitting dowels that have to go in straight, etc.

 

[mikeyswood]

I use mine for drilling and pressing. That's it.

A drill press in not intended for tangential forces.

 

[Jazzdogg]

A drill press - with a drive belt removed - makes it really easy to install threaded inserts manually, i.e., turn the threaded insert with a wrench while applying downward pressure with the press.

 

[SurferJoe46]

I use mine for drilling and pressing. That's it.

A drill press in not intended for tangential forces.

Damn! I was pretty sure that the 4" diameter Torrington sleeve bearings in the shaft would be up to the job.

But, hey - they've been holding better than a .001" tolerance for over forty years now, so I guess you're right, and it's failure is imminent.

Of course, it was almost a half-century old when I got it from the US Navy in 1969.

I wouldn't expect a Chinese HF, or a Craftsman unit to work, but the name in this case means a lot: LeBlond.

 

[TomA1234]

I've seen loads of people use them for making control knobs with a plug cutter.

 

[hdracer]

Yeah Joe, That old LeBlond is probably stronger than most modern import cheap mills. I have a early '60's LeBlond lathe that will do anything.

 

[bag_of_dirt]

They're good for starting taps nice and square. Turn by hand.

 

[Diogenes]

Chuck a worn out spade bit in the collar and set it to the lowest speed and you can mix up some really good frozen rum drinks.

I have an old '60s era Crapsman drill press that I use as a drum sander and light duty mill and it's still going strong.

 

[ThunderbirdJ]

Seen a drill press yank out a good size plug of hair right out of a dude's head at a carpentry job I used to have....we told him that hippy hair would get him

 

[pilotjones]

Chuck a worn out spade bit in the collar and set it to the lowest speed and you can mix up some really good frozen rum drinks.

Win.

 

[Rocky McD]

I buff out all my paint on a drill press with a 6" buffing wheel (doubled)

 

[pnut166]

A fret press.

 

[Yvarg]

Sometimes I'll take one of these mounted on a bolt:

and chuck it into my drill press for carving tops.

 

[mikeyswood]

Chuck a worn out spade bit in the collar and set it to the lowest speed and you can mix up some really good frozen rum drinks.

Legendary Win!

 

[jworrellbass]

Grizzly sells an attachment that turns a drill press into a mini lathe.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Lathe-Attachment-for-Drill-Press/H8071

 

[psychotiger]

I really like my new Robo-Sander. Works great! You can check it out here: http://www.luthiersfriend.com/.
The Luthier's Friend thingy is pretty cool as well. I may be picking one of those up eventually.

Clif

 

[SurferJoe46]

Sometimes I'll take one of these mounted on a bolt:

and chuck it into my drill press for carving tops.

You like a flap wheel for that sorta work? All I get is very clogged and a lot of heat.

 

[barebones]

...I Saw this guy Using it as a drum sander (Great Idea)...

Semi-related. Do NOT attempt to install and use a drum sander in your table mounted router... or any router... anywhere... ever.

Not that I'd know. I'm just saying...

Um, yeah.