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2/13/2008
Benchtop Drill Presses - DELTA DP350 Wins "Top Tool" Award
Benchtop Drill Presses
DELTA DP350 Wins "Top Tool" Award
Written by Bob Hunter with Jeff Hall, WOOD Magazine, November 2007, pages 62-67
Despite their small size, benchtop models offer workpiece capacities pretty close to full-size presses...Thinking about buying a floor model drill press? Consider this: How often do you bore into the long axis of a workpiece (a lamp base, for example)? Nearly all drilling in woodworking calls for the table to be situated within 4" of the chuck. That means a benchtop drill press not only can handle most of your drilling needs but it also costs about half as much as a floor-standing model. Now, before you dismiss benchtop drills as toy models, read on to find out how manufacturers have narrowed the gap between them and their taller cousins...
