It’s no secret that I have longed for a workshop with all the timmings. I am a creator and need the tools to do so. The use of a drill is important in many projects, but a pillar drill is vital for the precision and straight cut required in any wood or metal work. Even fitting the block of wood into the vice and drilling horizontally doesn’t perform straight. I imagine that with practise, this would be better, but the lines of a bench drill will always make the hole perpendicular.
I have purchased a drill and will pick it up in the coming days. Even if all the trimmings mean I must get used items, I am happy and love the idea of giving them a new life and set of projects to deliver. Much of what I have is pre-owned and settled in under my hands. For the grand sum of £40, I have gotten a metal-work, Clarke, pillar drill. Pending which one you get, they are approximately £120, new. Even with the fuel cost, this will be less than £60 and are good enough for many more years of service.
Some wire-wool and WD40, and this will look like new anyway; that’s not to say that it isn’t already tidy. My old scroll-saw has just had a WD40 shower, I cleared off the surface rust, making the plate smooth once again. Some time ago, I bought another used tool that will work with the pillar drill. It is a precision vice that fits on the drill-plate. This allows for millimetre hole separation. I will make a post about this, once I have tested it. It’s another day in the build of the D-Wing, something that will make it closer to being (w)hole!
