Quote Originally Posted by kbproctor View Post
On sale at Harbor Freight now for $50 or $60. The drill bits will cost you almost as much as the drill press.

I'm asking Santa for a lathe.
True! Even the cheapest of bench top drill presses will do fine for rod building. I paid a whopping $88 from Sears years ago.

I made a killing on bits though. Got all the drill bits ( resharpened ones) and long reamers I could CARRY ( must have been 45-50 POUNDS of them) for FREE!!!