Drill press levelling stand attachment.

[Clarrie]

Hi Guys,

I'm looking for ideas on having a levelling attachment for when Im working on my bench drill. Say I'm boring out holes on one end of a four foot or any length of channell or box or angle or whatever. Well instead of propping the other end up with box's or whatever Id like to be able to use an adjustable stand with perhaps a clamping device attached as well.

My drill is a bench mounted one so stand would want to be moveable when not in use.

Any ideas and help here greatly appreciated.

I would rather modify the drill press to have a moving head so that you don't have to continually reorganize work support.
In my opinion drill presses have it backwards.
The work support should be fixed (perhaps at a fixed offset from the workbench, say 50 mm or 2" for the imperialists) while the head moves.
I think that the easiest way to do this would be to ditch the standard foot and anchor the work platform to the bench.
The column would need a hole through the bench and clearance below.
The raising rack (if you have one) would need a more sturdy top lock on the column or a packer above because of the reversed load.
motorizing the rack drive would solve a lot of clearance issues, perhaps with an old driver drill.