On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:27:35 -0500, HerHusband wrote:

John,

I use it all the time. In fact, I hardly ever pick up a hand-held
drill in the shop anymore, I do almost all my drilling on the DP. To
me, it's just as quick and easy to chuck a bit in the DP as in a
hand-held drill

Different work styles I suppose... To me it's easier to take the drill to
my project than try to get the project up to the drill press. But as I said
earlier, I rarely need to drill holes other than pocket screws and shelf
pin holes. So I seldom need the accuracy the drill press provides.

Anthony

I think it's like computer programs... what you learned to use first, you tend
to use for everything it can possibly do...

Personally, I hate to use things like forstner bits and sanding drums on a hand
held rig...

My DP is a shopsmith, which also serves as a router, 12" disk sander and a few
other things, (not a saw), and I use it so much that I've thought of adding a
dedicated DP to the new shop... Just one of those handy things to have..

With a few jigs, you can drill round stock, irregular shapes, etc....
Mac

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