Interesting, a machine such as a drill press is listed and then limited in the way it’s used? Due to whether or not it’s “labor intensive”?
I’ve used a table saw to cut off bar stock, even to reduce the diameter of bar stock by manually turning the part in order to get a shank that would fit in the drill press. Then I’ve used the drill press to spin the bar stock and manually manipulated the table to use a broken planer blade in a drill press vise as a cutting tool to turn the bar stock down and shape it, much like a lathe but in a very primitive manner. So would this type of usage be prohibited? Obviously, I can’t cut threads that way.
Get ahead of the work with the table and it can pop the chuck off the 25 yr old benchtop drill press from Harbor Freight, sending the part/chuck flying onto a concrete floor and making one scramble to keep toes clear. (ill fitting press fit taper chuck)
Recently made a .500 S&W MagLight with this technique, turning a 1/2” Titanium bar into a hollowpoint bullet for the reflector and pill housing, using brass threads cut off a plumbing fitting to screw this light engine into the .500 Mag brass. Would doing something like this be ok?
Made this 431 lumen XP-L V6 3D light for rdrfronty as a token of appreciation for making my Dad’s day with a gifted live .500 S&W round that he showed off to all his domino buddies. Even made an elephant skin sheath for it to keep dust/pocket lint out of the hollowpoint/reflector.
The actual primer is used to engage the omten clicky inside. Boring out the tapered walls of the brass was fun! The drill press method was used to inset the base of the ti bullet so the light engine would fit inside with the 10mm sinkpad and XP-L. Proxxon rotary to cut the hollowpoint.
(Just wanted y’all to know I’m still doing bullet lights. lol)
So, can the drill press be used in this way?
Don’t know if I’ll enter, trying to give some people some ideas