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    Default Drill Press vs Normal Drill on stand

    Hey everyone,

    I would please like your advise on drills, either a bench drill or buying a portable stand and connecting a normal drill to it. Mostly what I will be using it for will be connecting a sanding pad to the drill and using it to sand boxes and small items.

    I look forward to your replies.

    Thanks

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    If you are just using it for a sanding machine, how about looking at the small linishers or a 12" sander?

    Drill don't like the lateral forces that sanding may involve and stay perfectly aligned.
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    A portable drill in a stand will probably have a fair bit of runout, so running a sanding spindle might not viable. Also many have a fully plastic case (not overly rigid) and the output shaft is supported on fairly close coupled bearings, basically not intended for anything precise.

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    Hey Johno,

    By "portable stand" do you mean one of those little contraptions that try to turn a hand drill into a bench drill, or a clamp type that clamps a drill to a benchtop and rigidly(ish) locks it at a desired angle? I have one of the clamp types and have used it for similar purposes, but it was a real rectal thrombosis. Plus, as already said by Malb, most drills these days have plastic cases that flex quite alarmingly.

    A half decent benchtop drill might be suitable; something like a Jet or maybe one of the new Kinchrome ones, but again these are a bit lightweight. An older industrial bench or pillar drill should do the trick as they are very rigid; I have a Brobo pillar drill that takes anything I can throw at it including using it to mill aluminium; I wouldn't hesitate to use it as a drum sander if I ever feel the need. I mainly use it though for drilling pen blanks for turning; because of the rigidity nothing wanders and it also has a good deep feed depth; the benchtop models I mentioned usually only have about 50mm.

    For a disc sander have you tried putting a sanding disk in you table saw? I used to use one in my Triton and it was adequate for the job.

    However, at the end of the day you're looking to use a machine for a purpose it wasn't really designed for; aquiring a dedicated sanding machine will always be the better option. Triton were making an 3-in-one model with a disk, belt and spindle sander; I think they might still be available from "cheaptoolsau" on E-bay. Plenty of other firms make El Cheapo belt and disk sanders that in all likelyhood are going to be a better bet than a converted machine, no matter what the original quality.

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    From the question I presume the budget is minimal? While a drill press could be useful to power a small drum sander. What you sound like you need is a disk sander or linisher or combination. There are some cheap small (slightly nasty) units available (probably available second hand as well) but I would NOT go with the hand drill in a frame thing. A basic disk sander can be made from say 1/3 HP or better motor and simple parts. My current unit (12") is mounted on the pulley of the linisher motor that sits below linisher work area consists of 18mm melamine board with an aluminium face. (I don't use Velcro as I prefer a harder sanding surface) The older disk I had on was a heavy cast aluminium turntable platter till it got dropped on the concrete during a move. Using a drill press with a disc could be done -but sounds awkward unless laid on its back.
    BTW when I mentioned 1/3 HP Beware the Chinese cheapies. I replaced the original "1/3HP" motor on my small drill press with a 1/3 HP motor and got about double the output (small horses in China apparently)
    MOST important - do NOT stuff around with 240V wiring unless you know exactly what you are doing.Boxes fun-death not. Having said that a lot of motors are available from old washing machines older large ones tend to be better some of these best left alone particularly when the wires coming out multiply (read an article from an electrical engineer doing such things- he said when it gets to seven it's the twilight zone. do-able with interesting things (multi speed -reverse etc.) but even with his learning is best avoided. BTW drill press re powering mentioned earlier was just 3 wires including earth.

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    Thanks for this suggestion, just ordered one, looks to be good value for the money.

    If I had money to burn I would buy the Duss KB 43 as that stand will equal a press if you happen to have a drill that has no play.

    marinus

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    I have one of those with an old AEG drill mounted in it. Used it all the time until I got a Bosch drill press. It worked fine. One modification you may have to make is to remove the plastic knob that locks the head in place (after setting the height) and replace it with a nut that can be tightened with a spanner. I had problems with it slipping when applying moderate force drilling metal, even with sharp drill bits
    Another good point is you can loosen the Allen key that locks the shaft to the bed and rotate the whole head 180 degrees so you drill something that is too big or difficult to mount on the drill bed. I used this method to drill all the 35mm recesses/blind holes for Hafele hinges on my laundry doors.

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