Specialized drill press w/stand available

[Randy Ohman]

A friend of the space has offered what is known as a "Paper Drill." Used to make holes in thick stacks of paper, it is a 1/4 hp drill press that typically uses special drill bits to go through paper cleanly when using the foot pedal to advance the spindle.

It is on a industrial quality stand and, aside from the drilling head itself, it looks like a commercial quality router table.

I put it out for discussion. I just learned of it and haven't seen it but I would think its value would be in putting a standard chuck on the spindle so it could be used as a regular drill press. If it's decided it would be an asset to the space, I volunteer to do the make-ready for use.

Speak up...let us all know what you think.

I attach pictures, the wiki page link for such machines. A .pdf of the manual is available.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_drilling