Drill Press Basics You Need to Know

[@sjfarrell2.0]

Wow, this is timely. I'm looking to buy a drill press within the next couple of weeks 👍

[@CasualDIY]

Hehe good luck with your purchase 👍

[@tonyworkswood]

Well explained Tomasz. The larger table with the fence definitely makes working accurately easier and safer. Tony

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you. Exactly👍

[@aceroadholder2185]

A good video. There are several safety items that need to be stressed. The worst accidents in the shop that I've seen involve a drill press. Long sleeves, watches/rings, and long hair around a drill press can get you a trip to the emergency room. If a drill press grabs you, you can't turn it off fast enough. Failure to clamp the work piece securely to the table will finally catch you out. The drill press will turn your work into a Frisbee sailing across the shop and you pray that your or someone else is not in it's way. On a more cheerful note: If you have a small drill press without a rack and pinion to raise and lower the table get a automobile muffler clamp that will fit around the drill press column. Double nut one side of the clamp and put a wing nut on the other side. Clamped under the table, now you can loosen the table without it sliding down on you or you can set the clamp to adjust how far the table will go down when you loosen the column clamp. Cheers from NC/USA

[@CasualDIY]

Great info there, thank you for sharing👍

[@johngratton467]

Hi Tomasz, another great video for the novice, as an experienced user I feel that the additional table is essential for safe, accurate working, when drilling metals a machine vice is also a must, it's also worth mentioning when drilling to 'nibble' i.e. raise and lower the bit to clear swarf/shavings to prevent overheating the bit (amongst other things), lubricants as well when drilling metals, a drill press is also very useful for guiding/starting a tap at a perfect 90 degrees when cutting threads in metals, learning how to sharpen drills is a skill worth having, points I appreciate are not within the scope of a basic introduction video.

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you. And great info there. When I finish the basic information videos on the tools then there will be a series with more advanced info👍

[@johnreilly4577]

Another great video Tomasz, thank you. Looking forward to the guide to the band saw.

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you for watching. The band saw video should be out in the next couple of weeks

[@markduggan3451]

Great information as always. My drill press was gifted to me, it's old but helps loads.

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you kindly. Sometimes the old machines are fad better and reliable than the new ones👍

[@paulcummins8081]

Great video, very informative and to understand,

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@marcusfairly2688]

Hi Tomasz, Great video again. If you put the sacrificial disk off centre with respect to the drill, then you can rotate it after it has been drilled through a few times.

[@CasualDIY]

Yep that was the thought behind it. Plus the top of my table moves on x and y axis so gives me even more scope 👍

[@isaaclevy7469]

Thanks a lot!

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@creamtopperwazoo1867]

A good informative video. Thank you. However, I am building a table and I am using dowels to connect the apron. How do I drill the holes into the end pieces of the apron that are too long to fit under the drill press? Do I use a hand drill and hope I have a steady hand that day? Any suggestions?

[@CasualDIY]

There are some jigs you can make to help you out with straight drilling, guides. Or buy a drill guide from Banggood I have it's great 😅

[@Bushi44]

I have an identical drill model except that I have modified mine. The modification concerned a pulley on a quill, strut, engine cooling and a few other things.

[@CasualDIY]

Nice tune up. Like Pimp my Drill 👍😁

[@melvis2017]

Great video thanks for sharing with us this

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@michelboisvert5684]

hi, do you have the measurements of your table for the pressdrill, thank you.

[@CasualDIY]

Hi, Link to some plans are in a pinned comment on this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4iWh2Zvp6iJi6s

[@David.M.]

Thanks, nice video.

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you kindly for watching 👍

[@kstewart3657]

Excellent video. I bought a Titan drill press following your reviews in earlier videos and am really pleased with it. Currently I‘m gathering the materials for building your build press table. What size (width and depth) did you settle on for your table?

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you. The depth is 39cm and width 50cm👍

[@kstewart3657]

@@CasualDIY Thank you. 👍

[@CasualDIY]

@@kstewart3657 no problem

[@Bilal-f5f7w]

Great video always enjoy watching ,have you got the speed chart for advise Tomasz ..... as I'm just setting my drill press up thanks

[@CasualDIY]

Have you got the same drill? If not the speed chart most likely will not correspond to yours. If you have the same drill then you can find two speed charts on this machine. One on the front above the chuck and another one when you lift the lid covering the wheels - its on the lid

[@seanjmagician4774]

Hi Tomasz. Have you tried a mortise attachment/ square hole drill bit on this drill press? If so what ones fit the best?

[@CasualDIY]

Got the drill bits but when I seen the price for the attachment I just left it. However I'm planning to make my own, how that will go time will tell.

[@seanjmagician4774]

@@CasualDIY I see you can get 3rd party attachments for under £25 but not sure the size I need

[@CasualDIY]

@@seanjmagician4774 not seen those the cheapest I seen was over £100

[@stuffoflardohfortheloveof]

Very good. 👍🙂

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you👍

[@_Wander.]

Why do you use the butterfly filter? just curious. It would be hilarious if you used a Fly filter XD, much more accurate.

[@CasualDIY]

Not sure what you on about. I don't use any filters.

[@_Wander.]

@@CasualDIY Lmao I am so sorry I thought I was commenting on a completely different video my bad

[@thedecimalspace2977]

Brrilliant.

[@delticrobo]

Unfortunately this drill appears to be no longer available. What's a good replacement as there are many other drills out there?

[@CasualDIY]

Maybe this one, looks fairy similar Lumberjack Pillar Drill Press Bench Top 12 Speed Settings 16mm Chuck amzn.eu/d/0cIPAqy

[@delticrobo]

@Casual DIY thanks, looks very similar in specifications. Not had any reviews though. I've not used such a drill and want to know I am buying a reasonably decent drill as I've recently started a bit of woodwork. Thanks again

[@CasualDIY]

@@delticrobo hmm if you want to spend a bit more then there is a compact drill from Bosch. It has a lot of good reviews

[@delticrobo]

@Casual DIY I've managed to pick up a second hand TTB541DBT drill press so I need to make a table love yours. Thanks

[@CasualDIY]

@@delticrobo great to hear that, hope it will serve you well

[@gregdoull1190]

Hi Tomasz, why do they call it a drill press when it is so obviously a vertical drill, or is that an American phrase ? At a pinch you could press a bearing into a hub or something, but will still be a vertical drill. Keep the great videos coming, enjoying them.

[@CasualDIY]

No idea. I wanted to say pillar drill but there was more search for phrase "drill press" 🤣

[@aceroadholder2185]

You would have to be very careful pressing bearings. The rack is on a round surface so the gear doesn't have much engagement with the teeth and it would be very easy to break one. A small arbor press would be a much better option. You will find that an arbor press gets a lot more use than just pressing bearings.

[@HDRW]

Nice video, but I've never seen a pillar drill that doesn't have a hole in the middle of the table - they must expect you always to use a vice or whatever to hold the workpiece off the table!

[@CasualDIY]

Thanks, yes I have to say I never seen one myself apart the one I have

[@johnfithian-franks8276]

Hi, your drill table is odd as it is the only one I have ever seen that doesn’t have a through hole in the middle of the table.

[@CasualDIY]

Yes that us very strange isn't it. Don't know why they done like that.

[@katabrontes]

Hi Tomasz, you need to empty your cyclone! Mike

[@CasualDIY]

Done it mate 👍

[@katabrontes]

@@CasualDIY Did mine today as well. Full after routing some skirting profile on MDF.

[@johncoops6897]

I am a new subscriber, but I would like to offer a suggestion: PLEASE ease off on the "Newscaster" speech patterns! Ask one of your friends or family to watch one of your videos, ask them if it looks like you're "putting it on" for the camera! Using a false, over-emphatic, dramatized, stilted, 'Uptalk' comes across as unnatural, and really undermines your excellent content! Just speak to your viewers naturally, like you talk to your friends. Make it sound genuine, honest, sincere, and NATURAL.

[@CasualDIY]

Hmm I thought that I was exactly how I sound in real life 😂

[@kevinpauljordan1832]

Please! Stop keep saying "obviously" almost every other word. Most of the time it is not obvious, other times, if it is obvious then it doesn't have to be said.

[@CasualDIY]

Lol sorry I'll try🤪

[@kevinpauljordan1832]

@@CasualDIY ;-)

[@j.d.schultzsr.9215]

​@@kevinpauljordan1832, You know, the one, you know, that really gets me, you know, is "you know", you know? Yeah, you know I REALLY DO KNOW, you know! But you know then again, you know, I may not REALLY KNOW, you know?

[@ronaldpatton5668]

Useless video. Anyone who buys a drill press has a reason and already knows how to use it.

[@CasualDIY]

Lol really? So if someone is buying a drill press for the very first time and it's his first tool of this type he then already knows how to use it, how to change the speed and so on... do they gain that knowledge through shopping experience or maybe as they press buy button on the Internet that information in a magical way is transferred to their brain 🤔 very interesting statement. Specifically when few thousand people watch this video to gain that knowledge. Well it could be the case that it's just you, you must be so special that you gain knowledge in a magical way on every single tool you buy for the first time. If so congratulations I would love to have an ability like that👍

[@hwfranjr]

Good info,thanks.

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you for watching 👍