How to Use drill press in a Sentence

drill press

noun

• Use a drill press to bore a 5/32-inch hole through the center of each part.
  — David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2020
• Cohen bought a drill press and a vise, and took a few lessons from a craftsman on 47th Street.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2019
• Bore a 3⁄8-inch hole in each slat with a drill press or a drill with a guide attachment.
  — Ted Kilcommons, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2020
• After making a few rings with the Dremel, Ream purchased a drill press.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2021
• One jig for the drill press helps to ensure accurate drilling.
  — Ricard Romanski, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2020
• Using either a drill press or a cordless drill fitted with a ¾-inch Forstner bit, bore a ⅜-inch-deep hole in four 1⅛-inch balls.
  — David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2020
• The bigger issue is drilling out your existing receiver, but with a will, and a drill press, it can be done.
  — Michael R. Shea, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2021
• With the drill press and a 5/32-inch-diameter bit, bore and countersink pilot holes in each block.
  — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2020
• One photo showed a sanding belt, a hydraulic drill press and other tools used in assembling the guns, and five finished ghost guns.
  — New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
• Seven of the rifles had been built by Smith using a drill press, the eighth had its serial number scratched off, court documents say.
  — Sam Stanton, sacbee, 17 Feb. 2018
• The entire set was built using only a circular saw, drill press, and a spray gun (as well as sandpaper, wood glue, and some other odds and ends).
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2016
• White Cap’s cocktail menu, at least for the moment, is tool-themed: Drinks are named, for example, after a drill press, a monkey wrench and — of course — a screwdriver.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
• With the tenons done, crosscut the arms to finished length. Mark the location of the mortise on the underside of each bench arm, and use your drill press with a Forstner bit to bore overlapping holes that remove most of the waste.
  — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2021
• The most impressive equipment — sturdy and useful enough for the college — were a Powermatic drill press and a band saw as tall as an NBA player.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2019
• Remove the waste inside the mortise lines using a 1/2-inch diameter bit in the drill press [7] or with a portable drill and a doweling guide.
  — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2020
• To the left, a long workbench populated by a drill press, sander, practice amp, screwdrivers, soldering iron, vices and archaic strobe tuner.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 17 Jan. 2020
• There’s a drill press, a polisher, an industrial-use sewing machine.
  — Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2019
• Now Thompson’s garage doubles as a woodshop, complete with a saw table, miter saw, drill press, planers, joiners, and an air compressor.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2021
• The new contract services shop, equipped with such wood shop staples as a table saw, band saw, drill press, sanding equipment and workbench, is to be staffed by some of the 18 shop technicians who now help members with shop equipment.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 2 July 2018
• Buyers can finish the receiver with a drill press or a computerized metal-cutting machine and then add the remaining pieces, all of which are readily available online, to complete the gun.
  — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
• Greenberg eloquently described his frustration with his lack of knowledge about using drill presses, vises, and other power tools.
  — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2018

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