Grant Erwin

I haven't owned a drill press for some time, though. Now I do all my drilling
on the milling machine, in the lathe, or by hand.

That's you.
I agree a lathe is a great drill; but as between milling machine and drill
press for boring a hole? That's not what the V mill is for. Or, are you
talking your shop vs. some other (say "industry") standard?
Frank Morrison