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Originally posted by BladeRunner
Yeah It's horses for courses, so without trying to sound to negative, a pillar drill is just that........ and not a mill.
I know as I used a really horrid pillar drill with my first block making along with a very dead mini lathe x-y table. It was impossible to do any form of slot cutting due to vibration and the general crappiness of it all. In fact I got so pissed with it I started to find ways to make blocks with just hand tools as it was less annoying. Another thing is the chuck. a drill chuck wont be much good for milling as the bits will slip or move with any depth cut or load on the bit.
I may be a bit more tainted against using a pillar drill because mine was too crappy. You can make a mill of sorts with a pillar drill. and it will most likely be better than the milling machine you haven't got. Don't let it put you off block making, because it simply wont be a mill.......... decent mills cost a lot for good reason. They may look like pillar drills in the same way a domestic cat looks like a Panther....... when in truth they are very different animals 
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lol @ pillar drill
Thankie for the reply BladeRunner
I see the limitation of the converted drillpress oops aka pillar drill hehe . Unless i come across a used and cheap mill on my travels around town ..I,m just gona have to give this a try ...and if all fails i wont be out much $
Thankie again for your reply BladeRunner