I love my drill press. I use it for a lot of projects where I need to make precise holes in things. It’s stable, stationary, level, and has a decent sized motor for the average task. On that note, what other ways can I use my drill press to its full potential? Could I use it to sharpen knives? I’m curious to see other anons ideas.

>>2610192 (OP)

You could use it as a vertical wood lathe like this:

I’ve actually been interested in this but I didn’t known if such a thing was possible. It’s partially the reason why I made this thread, since I do most of my projects in a space where an actual proper horizontal lathe wouldn’t even fit. Is this a custom made jig or an aftermarket attachment?

Will fuck the bearing over time, their not designed to take much horizontal loading only vertical. Not much of a problem if your press has a collet but on a no name cheap press not a chance

i think the opposite is true, cheap drills have radial ball bearings not thrust bearings. they don't need to take vertical load because your arm on the handle does that. the problem i believe is that thrust bearings allow for preload tension in the quill which will overcome the runout or deflection present in the normal unloaded radial bearings

happy to be corrected on this.
