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BrianSiano wrote:

The project requires drilling pilot holes into the ends of boards that
are roughly 30" long. You can see that this can be a problem even with
a floor drill press.

Is there a way to get around this problem? Perhaps a benchtop drill
press whose top can swivel away from the base?

Or one that can be laid over flat. One of the things a ShopSmith Mark V
is actually GOOD at is being a decent drill press that can be a
horizontal boring machine when that's more convenient (in under 30
seconds if you don't pile stuff on it). At the more reasonable of used
prices it can actually be a good deal for that. At new and unreasonable
used prices, not a good value. Either way, bigger than a benchtop drill
press, so probably not what you want - but one way to do the job.

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