Drill Press

[Trevor Mansell]

What brand and model drill press will reach the center of the lid for feed jars?

[Sundance]

What size is the lid?? I would think most any drill
press would have ample throat.

[Romahawk]

I would use a hand drill with a circle saw and pilot bit attachment.

[Trevor Mansell]

I need to reach 8.5inches to the center of a 10 frame cover.

[magnet-man]

I just use a hand drill with a hole saw drill bit. If you want to find the center of the cover the fastest way is to draw two lines. Front left to back right and front right to back left. Where the lines cross that is the center.

[Trevor Mansell]

I just use a hand drill with a hole saw drill bit. If you want to find the center of the cover the fastest way is to draw two lines. Front left to back right and front right to back left. Where the lines cross that is the center.

Ive used a hole saw with a drill before. Im looking for a drill press that will reach 8.5 inches to the center of the cover. I need to drill about 600 lids ,so I was going to set up a drill press with a jig and drill them . I use a drill press now but they dont reach the center , I dont think it matters much , I just want the jars to be in the center.

[randydrivesabus]

just go to HD or lowes and take your cover with you. they have drill presses set up. see what works.

[Trevor Mansell]

just go to HD or lowes and take your cover with you. they have drill presses set up. see what works.

I have with no luck, I was just wondering what people use.

[magnet-man]

Harbor Freight has a deep throat drill press. It is pricey though at $219.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=44846

A cheaper solution would be to buy one of the cheap bench top units that doesn't have the throat requirement. On my cheap bench top I can take the column out and fix it so it comes out the top. You than clamp that to a board that gives you the throat you need.

Which way to go? It all depends if you have more time than money.

Side note. It seems the price of drill presses has gone up quite a bit with in the last two years. :(

[Trevor Mansell]

Harbor Freight has a deep throat drill press. It is pricey though at $219.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=44846

A cheaper solution would be to buy one of the cheap bench top units that doesn't have the throat requirement. On my cheap bench top I can take the column out and fix it so it comes out the top. You than clamp that to a board that gives you the throat you need.

Which way to go? It all depends if you have more time than money.

Side note. It seems the price of drill presses has gone up quite a bit with in the last two years. :(

Thanks, thats not to bad of a price .