Might as well link to the original post on reddit, I don’t think Tom’s Hardware much value in their summary of it :)
Also you might need a 400+ USD 3D Printer and the drill bits that can’t be printed.
Drilling through soft metals like aluminum and brass is possible with 2mm drills.
…yay?
I mean, I’m all for printing fun stuff just to see if it works. Just don’t make it sound like it’s a cheap solution for people who need a drill press…
It’s a 3d printing forum, most people here already have the 3d Printer for other uses. It’s an option for those people. Not someone who is starting from scratch.
Except it is entirely counterproductive and a project for a project’s sake.
There are stands that turn your regular drill into a “drill press”. 100x more rigid than whatever this is. And with drill presses, you can’t have deflection or it’ll ruin every part you make.
Alternatively, there are $50 drill presses too. Probably “worth the money”, but still more rigid than this.
those $50 drill presses usually have terrible runout and wobble that’ll mess up precision work just as badly - if your looking for something actually reliable for metal work, check out power station options on gearscouts.com to run a proper bench drill when you’re away from outlets.
Yeah, sure. But at the end of the day, whatever this project is, will work worse than the things I mentioned.
Well no, toms hardware is no 3d printer forum. I criticized their headline. Sorry if it came across another way.
It’s also very doable to get a for-real drill press for the price of making this.
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