Mike W. wrote:

Can I do this with a normal drill and some semi cheap wood chisels?
Should I just give up and make a drill press number one on my list of
tools to get... before the biscuit jointer and other items?

Depends on what you want to do. If you're doing a lot of glue-up stuff,
then maybe a biscuit joiner is a priority. I don't have one, and it's not
even on my radar, but I have a small shop and build small stuff.

You can find ways of getting around not having a drill press. My first
thought would be to try a doweling jig, but I have a doweling jig, so
that's why I thought of that.

My drill press is my favorite tool though, hands down. I could really use
two or three of them. Unless you just have no imagination at all, I don't
think you'll ever run out of uses for a drill press if you decide to go
ahead and get one. Go for a floor model if you can afford the outlay and
the floor space. Having a big column makes a good thing better.

It seems that every project I do I say, 'If I just had a insert new tool
name here then I could do this like Norm'.
Its discouraging... but I'm fairly young so I know I have a while to go
before I'm even close.

Helps if you have money to play with. I don't have corporate sponsorship
like Norm, so I have to make do with what little I've got.

(Of course the other side of the coin is that I paid for almost everything I
have with plastic, and the reason I'm broke is because I'm paying $12,000
for a $200 bandsaw. Hindsight is a bitch. I own my drill press free and
clear though. Cash-ola.)

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