Lever position

[dlidster]

. . . But I would caution against using the drill press. Too much sideways pressure could loosen (even drop) your Jacob’s chuck from its seat in the drill press’s spindle . taper. .

I completely agree. The chuck on my ancient drill press has a locking collar that pulls the chuck tightly onto the Morse taper; not many contemporary drill presses do. I just presented this as a possible alternative. I personally used the mini router table, my choice for precision work with a Dremel.

Used freehand I consider the Dremel unsuitable as a gunsmithing tool.

[Bazoo]

Thanks for this discussion, and to dlidster for the solution.