Industrial Bench Drill Press (Tilting Work Table, Cast Iron)

Product detail

A bench-mounted drill press with a cast iron base and column, built for drilling steel, timber and plastic where a hand drill will not hold an angle. The spindle rides in an enclosed quill driven by a three-spoke feed handle, which gives the operator the leverage to push a bit through plate while watching the hole rather than the tool. The work table is slotted so a clamp has something to bite on, and it tilts, so an angled hole can be set up on the table instead of by packing the workpiece underneath. The table is raised and lowered on a rack at the column collar. A keyed chuck grips round, hex and triangular shanks and is tightened the same way every time, which is what keeps the bit concentric across a long run of holes. The head carries a belt cover over an all-copper motor. Suits a workshop bench, a farm shop or a maintenance bay. Small shops buy a bench press like this when hand drilling starts costing bits, since a machine that holds the angle lets the same job be repeated without checking each hole. A bench machine for a small shop drilling repeat holes in brackets, where the tilting table sets an angle without a separate fixture.