Thread: vertical drill stand- where can I get one?

Cabsurfer, firstly, welcome to the jungle. You'll get lots of advice here and most of it will be good.
Do you mean a holder for your hand-held electric drill, or a large dedicated drill press?

soth

Hi Soth,

Thanks for the welcome.

I should of clarified (and have since amended my first query).
Yes I am looking for the type of drill stand that I can attach a hand held drill to.

i have since looked on the net and am seeing prices around the $200-$400 is this right?

If so I guess I will be asking 'how do i drill a straight 60mm deep whole?'

Cheers

Your quoted prices seem a bit steep to me, but I've not even seen these things for years. You never know, some one here may have one they no longer use and could offer it to you at a more reasonable price.
Ohter than that I suggest you practice on some waste till you feel confident, which is what I'd do, unless you have many holes to make. There are sure to be more suggestions soon from other formites. Good luck.

soth

They still exist, I think i last saw one at bunnings for the 50 -100 mark.



You could always look ofr a cheap bench drill stand which would cost about the same or a little more (Ryobi GMC and the like) . Not great but may do what you need

Originally Posted by bpj1968

They still exist, I think i last saw one at bunnings for the 50 -100 mark.

Picked one of these up at Aldi middle of last year for $14.95. Turned it in to a pen press

I saw some drill presses in the specials table at bunnies. Sometimes you got to actually ask someone if they have stuff like that. They hide 'em on the top shelf.

G'day Cabsurfer and welcome to the fun-house - as said above they are still available but be aware that they are not a precision piece of equipment - any I have seen as well as my own [AEG - purchased back in the 70's] all have some sideways slop which you have to account for in the way you lower the drill.

Your quotes of $200 - $400 do seem excessive and I would be looking in the direction of a benchtop/pedistal drill for not that much more. If you go this way you will find that it keeps your hand drill free and that the drill press will be often used instead of your hand drill especially when you want to drill "stopped" holes or series of accurate holes at spaced intervals. A bench/pedistal drill press also gives you access to various speeds [slow - fast] by changing the belts on the pulleys - using what you are looking at will only give you what your hand drill has available - usually only 1 or 2 as the almost infinitely variable option which some drills have will not be available when you put it into the stand you are looking at.

Hope it helps, regards,
Bob

Your quotes of $200 - $400 do seem excessive and I would be looking in the direction of a benchtop/pedistal drill for not that much more. If you go this way you will find that it keeps your hand drill free and that the drill press will be often used instead of your hand drill especially when you want to drill "stopped" holes or series of accurate holes at spaced intervals. A bench/pedistal drill press also gives you access to various speeds [slow - fast] by changing the belts on the pulleys - using what you are looking at will only give you what your hand drill has available - usually only 1 or 2 as the almost infinitely variable option which some drills have will not be available when you put it into the stand you are looking at.

Yeah what Bob38S said. Spent ages stuffing around with my father's vertical drill stand. Gave up on the idea and purchased a Hare & Forbes pedistool unit. Yes it is a cheap chinese unit, but it does what I want it to do. Rule one for any prospective buyers of this unit, toss the chinese crap belts before use and buy better ones.

If funds are a problem then such a stand can be bought for a lot less than you were quoted. Try C-Tec or see Bunnies or Mitre10.As Bob says they have some severe accuracy problems.

If funds are not a problem then buy a dedicated press.


BTW: welcome aboard an have fun here.

I got the aldi one for $14.99 and put bigger washers on the bolts in the arm, to that I could make it a bit more rigid, and that has taken virtually all the play out of the press. Its now very accurate.

I bought a new Aldi bench mounted 5 speed drill press a few months ago for $60.
It is the same as the GMC so I don't know about availability.
If you just want to drill a few holes, it is OK but not suited to larger work.
Do a search on this forum if you want anything larger.
Mal