A few small and mainly contained fires 30km away from here but the smell of burnt Aussie Forrest is in the air. Very mild day and little wind so the crews should get it sorted. ![ThumbsUp :-+](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/icon_smile_thumbsup.gif)
New Toy unboxing too ![Cool 8)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
Nice one.
In 2016 I've bought the same drill press, too. ![Smiley :)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Never regretted it to buy one.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/what-did-you-buy-today-post-your-latest-purchase!/msg940871/#msg940871
Not TEA and from a few days ago but would you have any thoughts on these mods for the Bosch? Because I know better than their designers and Engineers after a week ![Roll Eyes ::)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
The modded/optional base is so I can drill holes in larger sheets as the 100mm throat is fairly limiting (sort of the wood version of a magnetic base drill) and remove the wheel because it kind of sucks.
Idle Bean and Fusion 360 while the varnish dried and G&T's were consumed .....
![](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/?action=dlattach;attach=905168)
I have that nice drill press for more than 5 years and I really like it
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Especially the wheel has the advantage that you can operate it by only one hand within full working area - but that needs a bit of practice - this is something I hate with these "three knob wheels" - you never have a good operating point.
I had only once the problem that the depth of working area did not suffice, but as the base has a through hole you simply can put the base on top of your workpiece - a bit fiddly to get the exact point to drill, but works.
If you have this need more often than this is not the right tool for the job
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![Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread 907424-0](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=81471.0;attach=907426;image)
There is only one thing that is sub optimal: the pivotable fixture sits too low.
It scratches on the surface of base when pivoting and if it is released and hits the base it can be rather difficult to elevate it from base again - it is stuck.
But there is an easy fix for this:
![Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread 907428-1](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=81471.0;attach=907430;image)