Drill Press Pressure?

[redwhiteandthemaple]

How much can a regular drill press do? This is for fretting.

I was so happy yesterday that I'd get to finish my first neck when I tried to press the frets with my drill press

But it seemed it was too weak.

I quickly backed away halfway into my second fret when I realized this won't do..

Pulled out the frets and all

But am I just getting scared? Or are drill presses far more capable then just drilling, including giving a half-ton pressure with ease?

[verhoevenc]

I've used mine to fret two guitars. One ebony board, one maple board and it worked fine. I had to put alot of pressure down with the ebony, but it got the job done in the end. And it still drills. Not to mention this is a crappy under $100 home depot ryobi drill press.

Chris

[redwhiteandthemaple]

Sry for asking again

But were you satisfied with it in the end? The results?

The frets were all seated nicely and your drill press didn't break or anything?

Maybe I'm just a skeptic.. I'll shuddup

[verhoevenc]

All sat quite nicely, except like two. And it's the opposite of what you're thinking. They sat too LOW. IE: to MUCH down force. Yeah, like I said, not what you were thinking. But yeah, I was happy with the job. My drill press still works like a charm. The guitar plays great (other one is curing as we speak). And get this... I didn't even do it with a caul. I did it with a 1" cut-off of a radius sanding block with a dowel for the part that goes into the chuck.

Chris