Festool Drill Stand

[FestitaMakool]

I second that, the Bosch PBD 40 is a very nice drill press. It has been very popular in Germany, and now even here. Being a consumer drill, it is among the very finest “green” series Bosch. I have encountered “blue” Bosch with lesser quality.

 

[jjowen]

This is my take on 'bring the tool to the workpiece'. Base + 20mm sacrificial piece = MFT height.

I need to improve the clamping options. Festool clamps fit in slots in base, but then interfere with movement of drill.

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[ElectricFeet]

This is my take on 'bring the tool to the workpiece'. Base + 20mm sacrificial piece = MFT height.

I need to improve the clamping options. Festool clamps fit in slots in base, but then interfere with movement of drill.

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Nice setup. Wouldn't work for me as my balcony slopes all over the place to drain water  :

Re the clamps: I got some of these:

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They are each two pieces. You slot them both into an mft hole and then pull the "lever" towards you. As they work together in an eccentric manner, this tightens them and stops them moving laterally. They don't apply much pressure downwards, but you don't need it in this case: where they work is in blocking horizontal movement over the corners of the stand. And they have a low profile, so you can continue to work over them.

This page shows how they work:https://kqlft.com/shopping/products/detail16.html

As I say, not much downward pressure so pretty useless for holding down material, but great holding down this drill stand to an mft.

 

[nero]

As the TSO/UJK/Axminster seems to be unavailable at the moment, at least in North America, does anyone have any experience with this Rockler one that does appear available?

https://www.rockler.com/rockler-portable-drill-guide

It seems to be based on a very similar design; not sure if that is a good or a bad thing.

Thanks for any thoughts.

 

[TinyShop]

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