[TheForge] More Drill Press stuff

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

Andy,

I'm still a little confused about your rule of thumb.  I have a 16-spd. floor model "fish filet (TM)" [1] drill press with a 1/2" chuck that would really struggle drilling a 1" hole without stepping up to it with smaller drill bits.  And, I can get it down below 200 rpm.  If a just have a few large holes to drill, I use my 100 year old hand cranked post drill.  Does your rule of thumb only apply to the industrial models?

Aubrey

[1]  piece of carp
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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Vida [osan at netlabs.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:27 AM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] More Drill Press stuff

Woolley wrote:

 > I left it  up to him to
> come up with a price. Any help appreciated.

        Cardinal rule of negotiation: first party to mention price loses.  You
did well.

        As for capacity, look at the chuck sizes and perhaps double it.  If you
have a 1/2" chuck, you can *probably* get away with 1" +/- depending on
hos the heads are geared.  Hard to say without seeing the machine, or
better yet, trying it out.

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