Is a drill press to loud for an apartment?

[Leros]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: JDub02
so many more tools more valuable than a drill press. how about a mill?

Don't even get me started. I wish I could set up a full shop. Right now I'm stuck in an apartment. In a few years, I'll be able to have a garage and I'll have the budget to start buying all the tools I've been without for years now.

Just go buy a Shopsmith and put it in your apartment. 😀

Yeah... I don't that will go will.

I've been considering a small tabletop drill press and maybe a mini-mill and mini-lathe. But I don't know.

 

[alkemyst]

apartment is not the place. Instead of buying tools, save to at least rent a proper place to live and work.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Routers are by far the loudest. Drill presses don't spin so fast; very quiet.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
apartment is not the place. Instead of buying tools, save to at least rent a proper place to live and work.

I'm in college right now. I could afford a nicer place away from campus, but housing in the area around campus is abnormally high. At least double the price what I would pay anywhere else town. Traffic and travel time prevents me from moving further away. My commute is already 30 minutes each way where I am now.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: alkemyst
apartment is not the place. Instead of buying tools, save to at least rent a proper place to live and work.

I'm in college right now. I could afford a nicer place away from campus, but housing in the area around campus is abnormally high. At least double the price what I would pay anywhere else town. Traffic and travel time prevents me from moving further away. My commute is already 30 minutes each way where I am now.

not everyone is entitled to having a power shop in their home.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: alkemyst
apartment is not the place. Instead of buying tools, save to at least rent a proper place to live and work.

I'm in college right now. I could afford a nicer place away from campus, but housing in the area around campus is abnormally high. At least double the price what I would pay anywhere else town. Traffic and travel time prevents me from moving further away. My commute is already 30 minutes each way where I am now.

not everyone is entitled to having a power shop in their home.

Good point and that's why I'm not buying a table saw or a router.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: alkemyst
apartment is not the place. Instead of buying tools, save to at least rent a proper place to live and work.

I'm in college right now. I could afford a nicer place away from campus, but housing in the area around campus is abnormally high. At least double the price what I would pay anywhere else town. Traffic and travel time prevents me from moving further away. My commute is already 30 minutes each way where I am now.

not everyone is entitled to having a power shop in their home.

Good point and that's why I'm not buying a table saw or a router.

Any power tool will be excessive. It's one thing to break out a drill for a quick bookcase assemble, it's another when you are trying to be a hobbyist in an attached dwelling like an apartment.

Your lease probably has an exclusion about this anyway.

 

[BeauJangles]

Have you looked on Craigslist and tried to find someone near you who has a free garage or basement? Everyone seems strapped for cash these days, so it wouldn't surprise me if you could find someone that would be willing to rent you space for cheap.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: JDub02
so many more tools more valuable than a drill press. how about a mill?

I don't think I've ever lived in an apartment where the floors could take the weight of a mill.

Get an angle grinder and sheet of corrugated steel. Take a few swipes at it. When your neighbors kick your door in, offer getting a drill press as a compromise.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: JDub02
so many more tools more valuable than a drill press. how about a mill?

I don't think I've ever lived in an apartment where the floors could take the weight of a mill.

Get an angle grinder and sheet of corrugated steel. Take a few swipes at it. When your neighbors kick your door in, offer getting a drill press as a compromise.

They make little tabletop mills. Lots of people are turning them into CNC mills.

http://www.embeddedtronics.com/micromill.html

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Leros
Its been a while since I've had a real shop, so I've forgotten how loud some things are.

If I were to get a drill press and drill metal with it, would that be too loud for an apartment?

No

 

[Red Squirrel]

This thread reminds me of how now that I have a house now and a garage, I can actually buy tools and stuff and learn carpentry like I've always wanted to do.

Except, I can't afford tools now LOL. Maybe in a couple years. Right now I have a jigsaw, sander and two drills. Cutting a 2x6 with a jig saw SUCKS lmao.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
This thread reminds me of how now that I have a house now and a garage, I can actually buy tools and stuff and learn carpentry like I've always wanted to do.

Except, I can't afford tools now LOL. Maybe in a couple years. Right now I have a jigsaw, sander and two drills. Cutting a 2x6 with a jig saw SUCKS lmao.

Where do you live? Can I hang out in your garage?

 

[PottedMeat]

If your drill press is running loud, you're either using it incorrectly or it's fucked up.

 

[vjyper]

Text A full shop in a NYC apartment.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: vjyper
Text A full shop in a NYC apartment.

I wish I had a two bedroom apartment. 🙁

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
This thread reminds me of how now that I have a house now and a garage, I can actually buy tools and stuff and learn carpentry like I've always wanted to do.

Except, I can't afford tools now LOL. Maybe in a couple years. Right now I have a jigsaw, sander and two drills. Cutting a 2x6 with a jig saw SUCKS lmao.

that 2x6 is wood right? why a jig saw - i'd rather use a hand saw.

 

[edro]

The drill motor is not loud but the drilling process can be.
If you do not use lubricant, it can make a very loud squealing sound.
If you do use lubricant, it is fairly quiet.

Drill presses are usually a slower speed and quieter than hand held drills.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Drill presses are actually pretty quiet. The primary drive is rubber belts/pulleys, so you don't have all the gear noise you get in a handheld.

That said, you can make a racket depending on what you're cutting, but that machine itself is not loud at all.

 

[Rubycon]

It's quiet until the piece you have insufficiently clamped comes loose, twirls around and smacks you in the nuts and you run around releasing a tapestry of colorful metaphors that is so thick it knocks out GPS signals to your city. 😉

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
It's quiet until the piece you have insufficiently clamped comes loose, twirls around and smacks you in the nuts and you run around releasing a tapestry of colorful metaphors that is so thick it knocks out GPS signals to your city. 😉

I hurt myself all the time. The neighbors should be used to that 😛

 

[Leros]

I've been considering getting a new apartment or maybe even renting a small house. It depends on cost and where I end up going to grad school next year. I just don't wanna wait 🙁 I have stuff I want to build now.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: JDub02
so many more tools more valuable than a drill press. how about a mill?

I don't think I've ever lived in an apartment where the floors could take the weight of a mill.

Get an angle grinder and sheet of corrugated steel. Take a few swipes at it. When your neighbors kick your door in, offer getting a drill press as a compromise.

They make little tabletop mills. Lots of people are turning them into CNC mills.

http://www.embeddedtronics.com/micromill.html

Do want.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: MotF Bane

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: JDub02
so many more tools more valuable than a drill press. how about a mill?

I don't think I've ever lived in an apartment where the floors could take the weight of a mill.

Get an angle grinder and sheet of corrugated steel. Take a few swipes at it. When your neighbors kick your door in, offer getting a drill press as a compromise.

They make little tabletop mills. Lots of people are turning them into CNC mills.

http://www.embeddedtronics.com/micromill.html

Do want.

The harbor freight micro mill is about $300. A lot of people seem to be using it and claim its not too bad. A few hundred more bucks to convert it to CNC.

There are a few other micro mills of higher quality in the $500-700 price range. I think they're a bit larger too.

They also make micro-lathes.

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: MotF Bane

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: JDub02
so many more tools more valuable than a drill press. how about a mill?

I don't think I've ever lived in an apartment where the floors could take the weight of a mill.

Get an angle grinder and sheet of corrugated steel. Take a few swipes at it. When your neighbors kick your door in, offer getting a drill press as a compromise.

They make little tabletop mills. Lots of people are turning them into CNC mills.

http://www.embeddedtronics.com/micromill.html

Do want.

The harbor freight micro mill is about $300. A lot of people seem to be using it and claim its not too bad. A few hundred more bucks to convert it to CNC.

There are a few other micro mills of higher quality in the $500-700 price range. I think they're a bit larger too.

They also make micro-lathes.

you can save some bucks by waiting for those harbor freight 20% off coupons.


i'd probably just get a drill press + a nice cross slide table