CATERPILLAR Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 I have an older 3/8 drill i am thinking of making a mini drill press with so when you are using very small bits they dont break and it would be kind of cool. Do you guys have any ideas how i can go about doing this i am thinking of wiring the switch so i can pull the trigger to go speed i know they sold little things like this but i want to try to make some thanks for checking this post out have a good one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stercorarius Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 1 hour ago, CATERPILLAR said: I have an older 3/8 drill i am thinking of making a mini drill press with so when you are using very small bits they dont break and it would be kind of cool. Do you guys have any ideas how i can go about doing this i am thinking of wiring the switch so i can pull the trigger to go speed i know they sold little things like this but i want to try to make some thanks for checking this post out have a good one You'll probably be in less money by just buying a Rikon bench top unit. Me and @ChrisK each have one and like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 I have an older 3/8 drill i am thinking of making a mini drill press with so when you are using very small bits they dont break and it would be kind of cool. Do you guys have any ideas how i can go about doing this i am thinking of wiring the switch so i can pull the trigger to go speed i know they sold little things like this but i want to try to make some [emoji4] thanks for checking this post out have a good one I have one of these it's a good alternative and beats fiddling with a homemade press, I was going to make one but got a gift card so why not??Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruton Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said: I have one of these it's a good alternative and beats fiddling with a homemade press, I was going to make one but got a gift card so why not?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That looks pretty slick Jimbo. Do you just press it down to advance it or how do you plunge it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 13 minutes ago, kruton said: That looks pretty slick Jimbo. Do you just press it down to advance it or how do you plunge it? yup hook up your drill, you can angle it or straight and push, there is a depth stop, on the base you can use it to drill center holes or even mount it on the under side of a table for sanding drums, pretty cool i have a video for it just have to edit and upload, has a few quirks but for 25 bucks its the same as the 40 dollar rocker one, not bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted November 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 9 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said: yup hook up your drill, you can angle it or straight and push, there is a depth stop, on the base you can use it to drill center holes or even mount it on the under side of a table for sanding drums, pretty cool i have a video for it just have to edit and upload, has a few quirks but for 25 bucks its the same as the 40 dollar rocker one, not bad pretty cool idea but that defeats the purpose if it i am making one from scratch thanks for stoping by have a good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmcmillan Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 The best advice I can give you is hose clamps. Lots and lots of hose clamps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted November 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 16 hours ago, jeffmcmillan said: The best advice I can give you is hose clamps. Lots and lots of hose clamps. lol very useful thing hose clamps kind of like duct tape but not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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