"DeepDiver" wrote in message
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There is another consideration: for this job, I need to be enlarging the
holes in base plates that have already been welded to posts that are up to
4-1/2 feet tall (I'm correcting someone else's mistake). The holes are 1"
away from the post so there's no way to drill them from the top; they will
have to be inverted and drilled from the bottom, which means I need more
than 4-1/2 feet clearance under the workpiece. That pretty much rules out
the typical bench-top mill-drill (unless I want to custom fabricate a
really tall stand for it).

So I think I'm stuck with the floor-standing drill press idea. But if any
of you have any better ideas, my mind is still open!

Regards,
Michael
How about a mag drill with a rota broch type bit. You might even be able to
rent one.

just a thought

Andrew