Bench drill with cross feed, morse attaching?

[Big Mike71]

I was sure you was not. Thanks for that. My problem with most posts are that the details are so lacking that it leaves to much room for answers on both sides. The best part of my answer is "common sense". For information the machine I ran was a Giddings and Lewis horizontal boring, drilling and milling machine costing more than a million dollars, a lot more. It could machine far beyond belief but small parts as you might put on a bench drill press. All possible because of a huge range of speed and feed changes. I machined parts weighing hundreds of tons and believe me, A hot Saturday morning Government job on a flat piece of steel weighing 20 Lbs. because I had my machine ready for set up at the time, Some of the workers came by and took pictures as it was funny. Any way without knowing what "tool' or material, it is impossible to give the man any good advice. I do some light and I do mean light milling on my drill press but I think my experiences and common sense through the years give me a little edge up. I have done many things in machining that I would never suggest others do and yes I would do them any time. Lets just hope we gave the man some insight and hope he makes the right and safe decision.