On Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:48:57 PM UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Only use I have for an old drill stand permanently fitted with an even
older mains drill is for drilling lots of holes in thick wood. My cheap
drill press has a maximum travel of 50mm - the drill stand rather more. So
can be useful if you have a long enough drill.

Sounds a lot easier than loosesning the chuck and dropping the bit further into the workpiece to get another inch.


NT