Reply To: Which Drill Press

Reply To: Which Drill Press

10 April 2013 at 12:34 #116545

Ian S C

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When I retired, I took up wood turning, and after a while desided I needed a drill press, I found a mill drill/ vertical milling machine for about the same price as a similar sized drill press, and bought the mill, it wasn't much longer before I bought my engineering lathe. Ian S C

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