Just kind of curious if there is anyone out there that has gone from a floor-mounted drill press to a benchtop model and been happy with the change?
Years ago I stumbled across a pretty good deal on a Delta 16" floor-mounted drill press at the local Lowe's. It's done about everything I've needed, but the area under the table has always kind of bugged me as a waste of space; it's not like I find myself needing to drill a hole in the end of a stick/board very often (or ever), or wouldn't be able to come up with a different way of doing it if I did.
I've been considering building a small roll-around cabinet to go under the table, and over the base, to hold various tools/accessories for the machine... but I've also started thinking about just selling this one and getting a bench-top model to sit right *on* the roll-around cabinet.
Space isn't going to a big concern in the new shop... but the ability to move the drill press around would be nice. I've had a mobile base under the floor model I have now, but it's been more scary than useful, truth be told.