Thread: Mini Drill press ideas?

How about this from McJings

Fits into your normal drill press

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A Dremel and stand would work OK for smaller bits, but 6mm would be a bit of an ask as they don't slow down enough to get into that range.

There used to be a few small DP's around for light industrial work and drilling circuit boards. One popular one was made by Toyo, couple of speeds, anout 150mm sqare at the base and 300mm tall, built and worked like a miniture drill press.

A current option would be the units from Proxxon, similar to the older Toyo, fitted with collets similar to Dremel but with an accessory 6mm Rohm chuck available. Local suppliers are available but stock and prices are anyones guess.

EDIT Had a quick dive into ebay to try and track the Proxxon and found a Melb guy who supplies via ebay. He didn't have either of the Proxxons listed but has a lot of their other gear, and had this Sonic drill listed. No connection with supplier, or experience with Proxxon or Sonic gear.

I had the same problem.
I now have a 6.4mm chuck with a 2MT that I use in my press.The orig 5/8" chuck is in photo to compare

Originally Posted by malb

A Dremel and stand would work OK for smaller bits, but 6mm would be a bit of an ask as they don't slow down enough to get into that range.

There used to be a few small DP's around for light industrial work and drilling circuit boards. One popular one was made by Toyo, couple of speeds, anout 150mm sqare at the base and 300mm tall, built and worked like a miniture drill press.

A current option would be the units from Proxxon, similar to the older Toyo, fitted with collets similar to Dremel but with an accessory 6mm Rohm chuck available. Local suppliers are available but stock and prices are anyones guess.

EDIT Had a quick dive into ebay to try and track the Proxxon and found a Melb guy who supplies via ebay. He didn't have either of the Proxxons listed but has a lot of their other gear, and had this Sonic drill listed. No connection with supplier, or experience with Proxxon or Sonic gear.

That Proxxon would be great.. but out of my price range..

to th eother suggestions.. I might not have expressed myself wel lenough but I don't wish to use th eexisting press itself, but provide a second smaller unit in another room. The Proxxon is spot on except it's probably too good for what I want to spend ( isn't it always like that?)

Thanks for the feedback guys.

I had a similar type of problem presented to me by a friend recently. The Proxon was also my initial thought but it was out of the price range. I looked at the online sales sites on and off but didn't come up with anything for her. If you are prepared to do a bit of trawling and be patient you may find what you want.

In the end while looking at compressors I noticed that Peerless sold a small drill press. It was under $150 and is perfectly servicable in her application. I spent a bit of time tuning it up and it's working well.

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Sonic drill press currently priced at a reasonable price compared to the proxon

Also this one on ebay
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VARIABLE-...&_qi=RTM635653

Cheers