Hand powered drill press

[Tjurved]

Hello made an "adapter" for a Black & Decker drill stand to fit a hand powered drill . It is very safe, cheap and quiet. The downside is that both hands are needed to operate it and it can't drill big holes.

The real experts I guess wouldn't need a drill press they just drill freehand... with this contraption for me it is less of a lottery when drilling holes that need to be precise.

It was quite fiddly to make the oak adapter plate with handtools only. The holes needed to be dead on to fit and it really needed to be square in two directions.

 

[British Red]

Excellent work

Hand drill presses have been around for a long time - and used by experts too

 

[MertzMan]

Put this together with a Jig for filing bevels and you've your very own silent workshop for knife making!

 

[Tjurved]

Excellent work

Hand drill presses have been around for a long time - and used by experts too

I always wanted to try one of those but they are very rare around here. I wonder how the index mechanism work with different drills. As I understand the drill press in your picture only need one hand to operate.

 

[Biker]

Now that's sterling work sir. Well done!

As for real experts not needing a pillar drill to drill straight holes, anyone who thinks they're that accurate choosing freehand over mounted drill press is deluding himself.

 

[British Red]

I confess I have never used one Tjurved, but they do come up cheaply here now and again - if I see a cheap one locally, it would be fun to restore!

 

[Biker]

I always wanted to try one of those but they are very rare around here. I wonder how the index mechanism work with different drills. As I understand the drill press in your picture only need one hand to operate.

I think you'd need two hands for that one in British Red's picture - one to crank the handle and the other to lower the drill body down, via that big wheel onto the work. A clamped down vice to hold the work would be in order for something like that (and yours). I've seen some that have been adapted to use with a foot treadle to turn the drill, thus freeing up one hand to hold the piece on the work plate.

 

[Tjurved]

Ok thanks for the info!

 

[Everything Mac]

As I understand it they're pretty slow but you can drill pretty much anything... Looked into one myself but couldn't get one cheaper than a regular pillar drill...

Looks like you've done an excellent job there,

all the best
Andy

 

[Macaroon]

Now that's sterling work sir. Well done!

As for real experts not needing a pillar drill to drill straight holes, anyone who thinks they're that accurate choosing freehand over mounted drill press is deluding himself.

Bang on there, Biker; if you want precision you can't do it freehand

 

[petrochemicals]

Why can't you drill holes large, just work your way up the drill sizes. If your using a tank cutter add a weight to the drill head. Clamp the work anyway before drilling!

 

[SteveW]

I use one as my main drill, it has a small cog that advances the drill with each rotation of the big handle, so you can hold the work with one hand and turn the drill with the other. It cost me a whole £1.00 on ebay

 

[Demonwolf444]

I have a regular pillar drill/ drill press but i have been wanting a manual and cranked pillar drill for some time for drilling where holes would be better cut slow to afford better precision and accuracy in cutting