What mini drill press do people like?

I don't have any suggestions, but based on this image I'd say it's pretty small.

It'd be excellent for drilling etched PCBs though.


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We just did this:

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Thread 'Benchtop Drill Press Experiences?'

I've had pretty good results hand-drilling with a unibit, but even when I center punch and drill a small pilot hole things can drift a bit. I figure that can happen with a drill press too. Still, this is not sustainable!

Assuming I'll benefit greatly from doing things this way rather than awkwardly holding enclosures off the side of a shitty side table - what am I looking for, in your experience? I need something relatively inexpensive, not insanely loud, and as small as possible. Given that criteria, what would you get?

- This Vevor seems ok, and I like the fact that it has...
 
Don’t get me wrong, I love drill presses. I’ll read as many drill press threads as y’all want to post. 🤣

We can do best benchtop, best desktop, best pocket sized…

My submission for best unreasonably large:

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My 60’s Swedish gearhead drill with power down feed.

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Before my dremel was broken (by a former roommate clogging it with car grease), the drill press adapter thing they made for it was especially nice for home-etched PCBs
 
Robert said:
I should have linked that but I thought maybe OP wanted something a little smaller than the normal "bench top" type.... I probably misunderstood.
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Yeah I was hoping something smaller than typical bench type, but the one I posted I don't think could drill the holes at the end of a pedal. I love the gearhead drill!
 
It would be interesting to have a mini one that drilled down for the top of the pedal, and then could hinge sideways or backwards to drill the end of the pedal for the jacks.
 
jessenator said:
Before my dremel was broken (by a former roommate clogging it with car grease), the drill press adapter thing they made for it was especially nice for home-etched PCBs
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Huh, I tried using it for that very thing years ago when I did a few homebrew PCBs (a Fuzz Factory and a Slow Gear, which nobody sold boards for at that time).
I found that the press had too much play in it and I kept snapping those tiny bits. 😖

Ended up getting a pin vise and doing it all by hand. Coincidentally, it was right around this time I decided that making my own PCBs was ‘a bridge too far’ as far as my commitment to DIY went ;)

Don’t know if it’s worth a crap, but there is this thing:
Which looks like a similar concept for a regular drill.
Think you’d probably have to make some kind of custom jig-type-thing to get it to work for enclosures…🤔
 
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