Definition of drill press in English English dictionary
A machine tool in which a rotating cutter, usually a twist drill, is pushed into a workpiece to produce a hole
A tall upright machine that is useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest, sending important things you've kept piled safely nearby flying to the far corners of the garage
A powered vertical drilling machine in which the drill is pressed to the work automatically or by a hand lever. or drilling machine Machine tool for producing holes in hard substances. The drill is held in a rotating spindle and is fed into the workpiece, which is usually clamped in a vise supported on a table. The drill may be gripped in a chuck with three jaws that move radially in unison, or it may have a tapered shank that fits into a tapered hole in the spindle. Means are provided for varying the spindle speed and (on some machines) for automatically feeding the drill into the workpiece. See also boring machine
A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw
A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against the Rolling Stones poster over the bench grinder