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Re: One tool/machine to level up a moderate shop

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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
An alternative is an X-Y milling vise for your drill press. You can do light milling with somewhat more flexibility than the lathe setup. Avoid the very cheap ones, they are terribly inaccurate. These are great for drilling accurate hole patterns as well (and often that's the only use they see).
I agree that you could use an XY vice on a drill press for preciser hole centers to centers, but I would highly recommend against doing milling. Most drill chucks are held in with just the friction of a morse taper. Milling will add side vibration loads that will loosen this hold, and ultimately have the chuck fall out on you.