On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:21:37 +0000, (DoN.
Nichols) wrote:


Yes -- it is *possible* to redesign and manufacture a drill
press for use as a milling machine -- and this is exactly what you will
get if you purchase a "mill drill". And -- it will be to heavy to get
up your stairs. (And -- it will still not have the workpiece size
ability of a milling machine so designed from scratch.

Good Luck,
DoN.

A small mill-drill would be no problem to disassemble and move up a
residential staircase. No part of those is as bulky or heavy as,
say, a refrigerator.

A really small mill drill, like a Sherline or Taig, could be carried
up intact by one person.