hey wooders,
I'm in the market for a bench-top drill press; nothing too huge, just
ample enough for the weekend woodworker.
I've been seeing some good things on the Fisch DP2000 12", but was also
leaning towards the Shop Fox H0626 (reason being, it has an oscillating
spindle for small piece sanding).
Any thoughts on either of these two items, or if anyone else has another
recommendation for a drill press in the $150-250 US range.

Thanks,
Frank.

hey wooders,
I'm in the market for a bench-top drill press; nothing too huge, just ample enough for the weekend woodworker.
I've been seeing some good things on the Fisch DP2000 12", but was also leaning towards the Shop Fox H0626 (reason being, it has
an oscillating spindle for small piece sanding).
Any thoughts on either of these two items, or if anyone else has another recommendation for a drill press in the $150-250 US
range.

Thanks,
Frank.


I'd say that Shop Fox is the way to go seeing the lowest speed is 250rpm
and the oscillating spindle (goes up and down), but it is a large machine
of 38" high probably with the top lid shut. It's the one I hope to buy, up
in the future.

Those really low speeds mean you can add a leather wheel strop to it for
sharpening handplane blades and chisels without overheating, bluing the
steel. I made my own but my DP is too small for it and it needs a lower
bearing for spindle stability. I'll have to get the arbour shortened as well.

The Shop Fox is the all_in_one machine as far as DPs go.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/item...emnumber=H0626 has the
..pdf manual right there. As you'll see in the manual the table has a special
hole just for the oscillations. Pretty cool! Also in a recent mag I saw an
awesome sanding station you could add to it to fit on the table but you
have to build it. http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ April 2005
volume 29 No. 2 "drum sanding station" by Chris Marshall. Probably
the current issue.

Good luck in your descision!

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Alex
cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
not my site: http://www.e-sword.net/

AAvK wrote:
hey wooders,
I'm in the market for a bench-top drill press; nothing too huge, just ample enough for the weekend woodworker.
I've been seeing some good things on the Fisch DP2000 12", but was also leaning towards the Shop Fox H0626 (reason being, it has
an oscillating spindle for small piece sanding).
Any thoughts on either of these two items, or if anyone else has another recommendation for a drill press in the $150-250 US
range.

Thanks,
Frank.



I'd say that Shop Fox is the way to go seeing the lowest speed is 250rpm
and the oscillating spindle (goes up and down), but it is a large machine
of 38" high probably with the top lid shut. It's the one I hope to buy, up
in the future.

Those really low speeds mean you can add a leather wheel strop to it for
sharpening handplane blades and chisels without overheating, bluing the
steel. I made my own but my DP is too small for it and it needs a lower
bearing for spindle stability. I'll have to get the arbour shortened as well.

The Shop Fox is the all_in_one machine as far as DPs go.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/item...emnumber=H0626 has the
.pdf manual right there. As you'll see in the manual the table has a special
hole just for the oscillations. Pretty cool! Also in a recent mag I saw an
awesome sanding station you could add to it to fit on the table but you
have to build it. http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ April 2005
volume 29 No. 2 "drum sanding station" by Chris Marshall. Probably
the current issue.

Good luck in your descision!

Thanks Alex. Good point about the strop! Hadn't thought of that (or
seen it yet in WwJ)...

FYI, I've already been through the manual twice!

Thanks Alex. Good point about the strop! Hadn't thought of that (or
seen it yet in WwJ)...

FYI, I've already been through the manual twice!


I think there is no other drill besides the Grizzly G7943 that has speeds that low.
But they are the same company. You can also use microplane shapers on the DP,
http://www.microplane.com/ .

I replied to your email addy with pics of the wheel strop I made, I use horse butt
hide from Brettuns Village, http://www.brettunsvillage.com/ , tough stuff.

--
Alex
cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
not my site: http://www.e-sword.net/