Can You Use Router Bits In A Drill Press??? Lets Find Out!

Oh, I did this.......ONCE!!!!! Shot a 2x4 200MPH thru an old barn door. Killed a cow. Nope. NEXT!

It will kill the bearings in your drill

Gutsy! I like it...

Nice video but I 'd not recommend it as to me it doesn't look safe..

Thank you sir, your contribution to the world of science is very much appreciated.
I will now go buy a router bit for my hand drill to make a small groove instead of buying a whole router tool.

Just by the thumbnail I think that is probably not a good idea.

There's a reason routers exist. This is a bad idea. You will kill your drill press's accuracy and possibly break it

"Check to see if your drill press turns in the right direction!" This guy is class one stupid!

Personally, I find that one of the best router accessories is a router table. You dont have to buy one, you ca easily make one - I did, including a fance. This way the bits are spun at the correct speed and you will have a fence for safety.

I don't think drill presses are intended to have horizontal pressure from stock.

The bearings in a drill press aren't made for that side pressure.

Man this video is educational

As a cabinet maker I always tried anything and everything. Done so many things that to most would seem crazy. Had an overhead pin router that did exactly what you are doing with the drill press. The pin router had an air actuated movement for down feed and up return. Still have all my fingers!

OK, I watched your other vid 1st with the Dewalt drill so disregard my suggestion about using a drill press. I didn't know you already made the drill press vid. Thanks.

Would this be good for trimming you're nails

this one example what not to do when you have a tolls specifically design for specific work ! just watching you pushing the piece of wood is scare ! don't even show it as a trying !!

Great video Stumpy!

My drill table rotates around its column. So, I think it would make a mess, because the groove wont be lineas, as the tool moves around the column.... I would love to try this, but, this minor issue will cause me some troubles...
next time, maybe. Thanks for sharing !.

seems a fence is in order

The basic problem with this idea is that routers are designed with bearings that can handle huge lateral forces, whereas drills and drill presses are not. They are design only to handle vertical forces, so whilst the idea "works", you risk wrecking the bearings on the machine.

It's not safe because you don't have a bit guard. You need two pieces the depth of the bit on either side (front and back) to run the board against. This will keep the bit safely away from your hands and allow you to run a straight line.

I thought this video was going to chamfer a hole with a drill press and a router bit. Did not expect trimming.

DO NOT USE A ROUTER BIT IN A DRILL PRESS, UNLESS YOU WANT TO LOOSE A FINGER.

?! ... or you could just use a router to cut that mortice. This looks like a really complicated and potentially more dangerous way to duplicate a router table.
richard
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Looks dangerous to me. I wouldn't do it, period.

Stupid...is it your first time.....damn mammal.

"Don't try this at home?" Ya I'm going to try it. Who wouldn't?

For the roundover bits, just use a board as a fence but cut a half circle into the side of the board for the bit to drop into. With my drill press I go slowly without much force in order to make sure the lateral pressure is minimized.

I don't need a router table often enough to bother owning one, so this is how I do it on the rare occasion I need one. But I'd certainly buy the right tool for the job if I routed pieces regularly.

"This is probably not safe." famous last words. Darwin strikes again.

I think a fence would be good for the round over bits to

Famous last words: " I'm going to keep my hands back"...

That's very scary to watch very glad the chuck didn't drop out while exerting a horizontal load. Glad you didn't get hurt better idea just go to harbor freight get a 120$ router table. Even comes with 1/2 collet router. Bought myself not to bad

Bolt down straight guides to stabilize board so it doesn't wiggle beside to side.

When doing this kind og thing ware safety glasses and gloves,been here done this

How about shaping wood with a twelve horse snowblower?

Wes, That is a helluva chuck on the press. Did you upgrade it?

What if you clamp some sort of pulley to the table and run a cord/wire to a foot pedal? Would take some adjusting to get the depth right, but would free up both hands and still allow a plunging motion. Not sure, I’ve never used a router before but had this same idea and your video caught my eye. This idea just popped in my head as I watch you make the mortise. I am planning on purchasing a router and NOT using my drill press, as watching that board kick out made me a bit nervous for you. 😳🥴 I’m just getting into woodworking and not even a beginner yet, so still learning a bunch. Cheers, Mark

If you want to make mortises with your drill press, try and end mill instead of the spiral bit. You can drill closely overlapping holes with the end mill to clean our almost all the material, similar to a forstner bit, then while locked at full depth you can slide the stock past the bit to clean up the sides almost perfectly. This is my go-to method for mortises when the stock will fit on my drill press. My only caution is, similar to a router, to feed your stock in the direction that the cutting forces push the stock into the fence. This applies both to the drilling and clean-up stages. When plunging the end mill into an overlapping hole, there's a significant lateral force applied to the side with more material being removed. Unlike the router bit method, the stock and/or chuck aren't going to hurt you if you goof up, but if the stock wanders from the fence it's going to mess up your mortise.

In theory, you could do the same thing with prial bits, but with only two flutes, they don't drill overlapping holes as nicely as an end mill. End mills work perfectly well in the router though, just keep in mind that you can only use them in the router if they have the right size shank. 1/4" and 1/2" mills usually fit standard router collets, but in between sizes mostly don't.

Dafuk. Check to see if rotation on drill press and bit are same. Lol. You need adult supervision.

The bearings in the drill press are not designed for the side pressure.

I'd also be real careful about lateral load through the pillar drill tho

thanks for doing this so we don't have to! brave using a narrow board!

How did you get the press to stay? Did you just raise the table all the way up to meet it so you wouldn’t have to rig it to stay? Also, how did you change the speed?

Cross slide vice. Good job

This is very dangerous.
The quill and spindle are not designed for the lateral forces you're applying. The chuck and spindle could come loose and drop out of the quill. It's not worth the risk.

"This probably is not safe,,," Life ain't safe, Brother! Great stuff, thanks,

I can see this guy with his fingers all bandaged up

its just a matter of time until the chuck hits you in the face.

So how did you not end up in A&E ? 😱

Cutting speed x 4/ bit diameter=proper cutting speed. You can multiply x3 for carbide