What is the advantage of drill press?

Answer 1

Power - Able to use larger bits with less danger of twisting your wrist.

Accuracy - Your hole will always be 90 degrees to your work and you can set a depth stop if need be.

Speed - You will be able to do your work faster.

Answer 2

A drill press can carry larger tools, such as forstner bits and flycutters. It can be used with jigs to make many identical holes, it can drill with extreme accuracy. It can do many things you can't do with a hand held drill.

Answer 3

A drill press is used to drill very accurate holes in many mediums, wood, metals, plastics,etc. Most common home drill presses will accept bits up to 1/2" diameter, and have a 6-9" throat. The advantages of a drill press include drilling larger holes and repeated accurate holes by use of simple jigs. -Industrial drill presses can be huge and take many different tools such as 'milling' bits and 'square hole' drills. They often have a coolant feed for heavy metal drilling.