Drill press, also called Drilling Machine, device 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 resting on a table. … With the aid of a special tapping attachment and a tap, they can produce threads in a hole.

Drilling machines, or drill presses, are primarily used to drill or enlarge a cylindrical hole in a workpiece or part. The chief operation performed on the drill press is drilling, but other possible operations include: reaming, countersinking, counterboring, and tapping.

A drilling machine, called a drill press, is used to cut holes into or through metal, wood, or other materials . Drilling machines use a drilling tool that hascutting edges at its point.

Drilling machines or drill presses are one of the most common machines found in the machine shop. A drill press is a machine thatturns and advances a rotary tool into a workpiece.