milwaukee hole shooter drill press

[henry1222]

hey guys a few months back i was looking at a heavy equipment magazine and I remember seeing a magnetic drill press that uses a milwaukee hole shooter, it is not made by milwaukee but it incorporates one of their drills. I can't seem to find it anywhere if someone can point me in the right direction i would really appreciate it.

Thanks

[Woussko]

Do you remember the name or part of the name on it? Here's some info on Milwaukee Magnetic Base Drill Presses in case this may help you out some.
http://www.milwaukeeconnect.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_27_40028_-1_192188_192137

Here are some by Dewalt:
http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/tool_detail_listing.asp?categoryID=44

I have in mind that you are thinking more of a DIY item where you can make a benchtop drill press using a hand held drill and this device. I haven't seen them in some time, but I'll do some looking and will post if I find one.

[henry1222]

no Woussko I wish i did remember part of the name, It isn't made by any of the big power tool companies. The reason I want it is to drill into squre tube when on a swing stage installing signs. Instead of using the drill press and a drill. We can just take the press and remove the drill if need be and use it like a regular drill. Plus the added covinience of not having to carry an expensive magnitic drill press on our cranes all the time

[Woussko]

Henry

In that case this old howling hound here (me) will keep sniffing around. Maybe someone else knows just what you are looking for.

[Bob D.]

What might work for this would a Vic-drill.
They have other models besides the one shown below.
These are usually used with a hole saw but you could
use a broach cutter or a drill bit (but the bit length
might be a problem).

You can clamp this puppy right around your tubing and go to town.
Feed rate is manually controlled by the handwheel on the top.


http://www.victaulic.com/content/holecuttingtools.htm

http://www.victaulic.com/content/images/vhct900.jpg

http://www.victaulic.com/content/images/hct908.jpg

[CWSmith]

I don't know how heavy duty the drill press/device has to be for what you're doing, but for portability, take a look at a couple of the "drill guides" that are available. Sears has one for under $30, and Home Depot now carries one for around $30. Rockler, Gizzly, and many other retailers offer similar products with the same or better features.

Both of the guides that I have (An older Port-A-Ligne and the current Craftsman) have V's built into the base to facilitate drilling in pipe or other round stock.

Here's a link to the Craftsman page:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00967173000P?vName=Tools&cName=Power+Tool+Accessories&keyword=Drill+Guide


I hope this helps,

CWS

[S. tatum]

Hey there, there are usually a couple listed on E#bay for sale too... you might want to look there, as they don't just give these magnetic drill presses away very often.
I jsut checked tomake sure I wasn't telling you a fib and there are 2 up for auction on there now. You can just serch for milwaukee mag drill and find these 2 there may be others listed in other ways.
hope this helps.
Tatum