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I want/need a drill press for my shop. That and a bench grinder and some other common utility tools. Recently I got a metal table and a while back a vise.
I am retired now (or at the least, unemployed) with some time on my hands (especially after the weather turns and I will have to quit working on projects outside.
One of those projects is completing some 80% AR machining - I have a 5D jig and tools, a good router and some 80% lowers.
I am wondering whether it is better to use the router, or a decent drill press?
I know the router is made to take side loads and that most drill presses are not. Looking at some combo drill press/milling machines I am tempted to spend the $ - maybe a thousand or so for a used one, compared to $100-$200 for decent used drill press.
Maybe a can get some kind of rig to hold the router, put the 5D jig and lower in a milling vise and move the jig/lower around using the vise?
Thoughts?
I am retired now (or at the least, unemployed) with some time on my hands (especially after the weather turns and I will have to quit working on projects outside.
One of those projects is completing some 80% AR machining - I have a 5D jig and tools, a good router and some 80% lowers.
I am wondering whether it is better to use the router, or a decent drill press?
I know the router is made to take side loads and that most drill presses are not. Looking at some combo drill press/milling machines I am tempted to spend the $ - maybe a thousand or so for a used one, compared to $100-$200 for decent used drill press.
Maybe a can get some kind of rig to hold the router, put the 5D jig and lower in a milling vise and move the jig/lower around using the vise?
Thoughts?