Drilling set up on the lathe

[Frank S]

What? No pedestal drill?

I have a 3/4" floor standing drill press 1 1/2 Hp with an 18x18" table 4" column. Perfectly fine for drilling most things but I never trust those baby drill presses for making fixtures. If I had either the Cleereman layout drill or the Lealand Gifford 6 head drill under power I would use 1 of them, but these small floor standing drills of mine just don't have the rigidity I feel that I need Even using a lathe for this type of work is hardly ideal