On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:32:34 -0500, "sweetsawdust"
wrote:

And how did I do it "wrong"

Does this answer your question?
8" deep 1" hole with a spade bit at high speed in oak,

Could you drill that by hand? No.

How much power is behind your drill press ? Few hundred watts?

Now assume it's 90% efficient (it isn't) and half of that waste is going
into heat. So that's the heat output of a reasonable size soldering
iron, sat in a closed-in hole full of flammable sawdust. What do you
think is going to happen next?