Allen Bryant
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- Bumpass, VA
Went to work this evening and the drill press decided to quit working the motor hums, but nothing turns. I haven't had a chance to dig into it, but being the drill press is more than 20 years old i have to figure in finding replacement parts if it could even be fixed.
That being said, and I have a friend interested in this same question. If I have to replace the drill press do I really need a floor model drill press? In the 20 some odd years I've had this drill press, I have never once moved the table more than 6 inches below the bit, not once. I was thinking that if I had to replace it, would be to go with a benchtop version and put a nice storage cabinet underneath. Several of the benchtop one's I've seen the head will spin on the post so I could put it off to the side or even back of the cabinet in the event that I need to drill into anything that won't fit on the regular table.
This would also give me a lot more storage space for drill bits and other things than the cabinet I now have underneath the drill press.
Is there any reason why I would need to go with a floor model over a good benchtop?
That being said, and I have a friend interested in this same question. If I have to replace the drill press do I really need a floor model drill press? In the 20 some odd years I've had this drill press, I have never once moved the table more than 6 inches below the bit, not once. I was thinking that if I had to replace it, would be to go with a benchtop version and put a nice storage cabinet underneath. Several of the benchtop one's I've seen the head will spin on the post so I could put it off to the side or even back of the cabinet in the event that I need to drill into anything that won't fit on the regular table.
This would also give me a lot more storage space for drill bits and other things than the cabinet I now have underneath the drill press.
Is there any reason why I would need to go with a floor model over a good benchtop?