Handheld power drills are fine for creating pilot holes and performing rough carpentry, but they’re not ideal for boring ultra-precise holes in your workpieces. For this type of work, you’re going to ...

A decent drill press is an essential machine tool for almost any kind of shop, and marks a significant step up in precision compared to a hand drill. The ability to drill square, true holes is one ...

A drill press provides power and accuracy you can't get drilling by hand. We tested five full-size bench-top machines, each with a minimum swing of 12 inches (the diameter of the circle into which it ...

Ever thought a well-equipped garage is beyond your reach due to high costs? Well, think again! In this video, I demonstrate how I transformed a discarded drill press, found in a scrap metal dump, into ...

Adding tools to a home shop is a never ending affair. There are staples though and a drill press is one of them. It’s handy for a whole host of reasons other than just being more convenient to use for ...

Aerospace applications demand stringent wall-surface quality machining standards with no machining-pass mismatching. Advanced techniques have emerged for machining aluminum during the past five years, ...

Drill presses come in a variety of sizes from heavy-duty industrial models intended to be bolted to a cement floor, to lightweight designs meant to be secured on top of a bench. Some drill presses are ...