How long things take: the machine about 2 weeks, bits and small tools about a week, and two items ship in a few days from a US warehouse. Here is whyMachine about 2 weeks. Why?
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Before you buy a small drill press

Two emails, then we leave you alone. The first is the five things worth checking before you spend $149 on a machine like this - the two that are worth paying more for, and the three that are not. It carries 7% off your first order. The second, a day later, is who should not buy one of these at all, and it carries 10%.

No countdown and no fake sale. The second code is simply the bigger one, and we would rather tell you that now than have you find out afterwards.
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Stages and measuring

The parts that make a hole land where you meant it, and the instrument that tells you whether your machine is straight.

An XY stage goes under the vise so you move the work a known amount instead of by eye. That is the difference between a row of holes and a row of nearly-holes.

There are two of them here and they are not interchangeable. The XY stage, 60 mm bolts to the Mikrabench base and is sized for the little 12 volt machine. The cross-slide worktable is heavier, carries its own steel vise, and clamps to a full-size bench drill press instead. Read the page before you pick, because the wrong one will not fit your machine at all.

A dial indicator is the only honest way to find out what your own machine actually does. Everybody quotes runout figures; this is how you check one. Put the tip on the spindle, turn it by hand, read the needle.

What we do not have yet: a micrometer depth stop we can honestly say fits this press, a rotary table, and an indexing fixture. We would rather list the gaps than let you find them after the parcel arrives.

5 products

  • Cross-slide worktable with the vise fittedThe two handwheels with graduated collars

    Cross-slide worktable with vise

    A drill press holds the bit still and lets you move nothing. This is the part that moves the work. An aluminium table on two screws,...

    $79.00
    $79.00
  • Brass micro vise on an XY stageXY stage lead screws under the brass vise

    Brass Micro Vise with XY Stage

    The same brass vise, sitting on a two-axis stage with fine-adjustment screws. You clamp the part once and then move it under the bit instead of...

    $155.00
    $155.00
  • Watch movement holder, adjustable jawsWatch movement holder, side view

    Watch Movement Holder

    A small adjustable clamp that holds a watch movement still while you work on it. Two jaws on a screw, opened and closed by the knurled...

    $14.00
    $14.00
  • Magnetic base with locking leverDial indicator face, 0.01 mm graduations

    Dial Indicator with Magnetic Base

    The tool that tells you whether your machine is actually straight.Clamp the magnetic base, put the tip on the spindle, turn it by hand and read...

    $34.00
    $34.00
  • XY stage, side viewXY stage platform, top view

    XY Stage, 60 mm

    A two-axis platform that goes between the drill press base and whatever is holding your work. Clamp once, then move the part under the bit by...

    $79.00
    $79.00