Within Workshop Power Tools, Pillar Drill (also called bench drill, floor drill, or column drill) covers the fixed and floor-standing drills used for accurate, repeatable hole-drilling in workshop fabrication, engineering, and repair work. Pillar drills offer the depth, alignment, and feed control that handheld drills can't match — essential for precision drilling in metal, wood, and plastic, and for jobs needing consistent hole depth across multiple workpieces.
Parts for Machines supplies pillar drills across the trade and professional ranges, with rated chuck capacities typically running from 13mm (bench-mounted compact units) up to 25mm and above (floor-standing industrial drills for heavy fabrication).
We are an authorised distributor and seller of Draper, SIP, and Sealey across the pillar drill range. SIP and Sealey cover trade-grade bench and floor-standing drills with morse-taper or keyed-chuck spindle tooling, geared spindle speeds (typically 5-12 speeds), and motor outputs from 350W (light bench use) up to 1.5kW+ (heavy industrial drilling). Draper extends the range with workshop and home-shop variants at competitive trade pricing.
Product pages list the rated chuck capacity, the motor power (in W or kW), the speed range and number of speeds (geared belt-shift on most trade drills, with electronic variable-speed on higher-end models), the spindle taper (Morse Taper MT2, MT3, or MT4 — for fitting reduction sleeves and tapered tooling), the table size and tilt range, the maximum drill depth (the spindle stroke), and the column diameter and height. For metal drilling, slow speeds with cutting fluid produce the cleanest holes and longest bit life. For wood, fast speeds with light feed pressure work best. Trade pricing on multi-unit and workshop fit-out orders is available; contact the team via WhatsApp 07754288583.