Drill Press table deal and sanding drum question

[Jim Mims]

I ordered this drill press table that's on sale from MLCS.
I thought it was a decent deal with free shipping and a few forstner bits thrown in.
http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/drillpress.html

Now I'm started to think it might be handy to use the drill press with a sanding drum.
How handy are sanding drums, such as this kit from Rocker?
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=1268&filter=sanding%20drum

Thanks,
Jim

[Art Mann]

Before I bought a spindle sander, I used a set of those all the time. The ywork pretty well.

[Gary Keedwell]

The drums are alright for light sanding. They will clog up easy and hard continuous usage will not do your drill press any good. Also, I doubt that they will be giving away any decent drill bits. Now that I cheered you up, the table looks pretty good;):)

Gary

[Doug Hobkirk]

Several companies sell a DP table that look identical to my eye. Here's another one (without the Forstner bits) -

Grizzly (http://www.grizzly.com/products/Drill-Press-Table/H7827)

[Doug Shepard]

I dont use them as much now but used to quite a bit before getting my osc. spindle sander. I think the ones with the bearings (google Robo-sander) are worth the extra money though. I still find some uses for them even with the OSS

[Jim Mims]

Several companies sell a DP table that look identical to my eye. Here's another one (without the Forstner bits) -
Grizzly (http://www.grizzly.com/products/Drill-Press-Table/H7827)

Dang! That looks like the same table for half the price. I need to include Grizzly in my list of sites to check when shopping. <g>

Thanks,
Jim

[Bill Huber]

Dang! That looks like the same table for half the price. I need to include Grizzly in my list of sites to check when shopping. <g>

Thanks,
Jim

Jim, don't feel bad, I spend $79 for a Rockler drill press table and used it for 3 weeks and then took it off and made my own, I did keep the fence from it. The one I made cost me like $10....