How Many Drill Presses Does One Man Need?

I have 2 main drill presses, but there are almost always 4-5 presses in my shop at any one time. I buy them, spruce them up and sell them, keeping the ones that are better than my current ones.

2 main presses would be a floor and a benchtop, you want something that will get low enough speeds to use on metal. Floor model would be the heavy duty one and benchtop for lighter work. 2 presses for 2 setups seems to cover most needs if your doing semi production.

All that said, I see no reason to have many more presses if you have the room and the need/want. A friend of mine has 14, he uses them but mostly it's just an obsession he has with old iron.

Once when I was buying a tool my wife said, "Do you need two so one can be lost and one can be found?" I think that could apply here. Two floor, two benchtop, two miniature high precision. What other style? Or maybe it applies to two of each brand?
Dave

I only have 2, a Delta 17" and a Rockwell radial model, but I do have 5 milling machines at the moment. 2 came from a recent auction and will be looking for new homes once they're all cleaned up and any necessary repairs are made, but right now my shop looks like a home for itinerant milling machines.

We have four, but this heavy 1920 Avey is the smoothest, quietest ever. Flat belt.

One more than you have. Or "How many drills in a box?" hate to see you wasting time changing bits.

How many licks to the center of a tootsie pop? The world may never know...


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