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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  • XY stage, side view
  • XY stage platform, top view
  • XY stage lead screws
  • XY stage, 60 mm
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XY Stage, 60 mm

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Description

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 turning a screw.

  • 60 by 60 mm table, one lead screw per axis.
  • Bolts to the drill press base - centre hole and six M3 threads - and every vise we sell for drilling bolts on top of it.
  • Machined aluminium. The mass is doing work here: a stage that flexes is worse than no stage.

What the 60 mm actually means, because we had this wrong

Until today this page said "60 mm travel platform". That was our mistake and we are correcting it in public rather than quietly.

The 60 refers to the size of the table, not to how far it moves. Stages of this type are named by their platform, and the screw travel is a fraction of it - on comparable 60 by 60 platforms sold elsewhere the usable stroke per axis runs to a few millimetres either side of centre, not sixty.

Our supplier does not publish the stroke, we have not measured one, and we are not going to put a number here that we guessed. When we have one on the bench we will wind each axis lock to lock, measure it with the dial indicator and print what we read. If the figure disappoints anyone who bought on the old wording, write to us and we will take it back and pay the postage, whether or not the 30 days have run out.

Take 30% off the drill press vise with it

Add the Drill Press Vise to the cart alongside this stage and the vise drops from $59 to $41.30. The discount applies by itself - no code, no minimum. The two are meant to be used together: the stage moves the work, the vise holds it square under the bit.

Why you would want one

Because the second hole has to relate to the first. Freehand, you eyeball it and you are out by half a millimetre. With this, you wind the screw and the work moves a known amount.

For a row of holes longer than the stage travels, you unclamp once in the middle rather than for every hole. That is still the difference between a line and a scatter.

What it will not do

It does not turn the machine into a mill. It moves the work; the chuck still only grips for downward force. Milling needs a collet spindle and we do not have one yet - when we do, this page will say so.

Delivery on this item

2 to 3 weeks.

Shipping is free on every US order, tracked, with no minimum. Orders are processed within 2 business days.

After that the number depends on what you bought, and each product page gives its own. The drill press takes about 2 weeks - we do not hold stock of it, so it comes from the workshop that builds it. Bits, punches and the small consumables take about 6 to 10 business days because those do ship from stock. The engraving ball vise and the cross-slide worktable leave a US warehouse and arrive in a few days - those two are the fast ones. If one order has several of these, they can arrive separately and you are not charged twice.

You get a tracking number by email as soon as the parcel is scanned, not before. A link that sits at label created for a few days is normal on this route.

Returns: 30 days from delivery, unused and in its packaging. Nothing is excluded - there is no rule here about sale items. If it arrived damaged or does not hold tolerance, we pay the return label. If you simply changed your mind, the return postage is yours and the price of the item comes back in full. Email support@arvonelle.com before sending anything back.

Will it plug into a US outlet? Yes. The drill press adapter comes with US blades on it, and no travel adapter is needed. This answer used to say the opposite, and it was true when it said so - we moved to a supplier who ships the US version and changed the page the same day. The listing states 100-240 V, so no converter either, but we have not put a meter on one ourselves and the machine's page says the same thing.

Can it mill? As it ships, no. Milling needs an ER11 collet spindle in place of the drill chuck, because side load pulls a bit out of a chuck. That spindle is a real part and we are sourcing it. Until it is on the shelf we do not sell collets or end mills either.

Do your vises fit the press? The ones meant for drilling do - the drill press vise and the brass vise on its XY stage bolt to the base as it comes. The bench vises do not bolt down and must not go under a spinning bit. The engraving ball vise, the toolmaker's vise and the cross-slide worktable are bench tools too, and the cross-slide is sized for a full-size drill press rather than this one. Every page says which it is.

Do I pay tax or duty? Sales tax is added at checkout where your state charges it, and the total you see is the total. You pay us nothing after the order. If a carrier ever asks you for a fee on a parcel from us, do not pay it - send us the notice first and we will sort it out with you.

What if a part breaks? For twelve months, tell us which part and we post a new one free. No return, no inspection, no photograph of the packaging.

Can I cancel? Yes, within 24 hours, no questions. After that it is usually already moving.

Why trust a shop you have never heard of? You should not, on our say-so. Check instead that every page tells you what the tool will not do, that each product carries its own delivery number, that we say which figures we measured and which we were told, and that when we get something wrong we say what the page used to say.

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If something goes wrong


If your order arrives damaged or defective, email support@arvonelle.com with your order number and a photo. We replace it or refund it — you don't have to argue for it.