When securing the WEN Drill Press to the table in the mech. shop the base of the press broke in two. The drill press then fell forward off the table. I was under the table and only got hit lightly. The crack happened along the weak point on the cast iron where the most pressure was exerted from the tightening of the bolts. I was tightening the bolts that fasten the drill press to the tabel when the base broke. I had not over tightened the bolts, or at least I thought. The base of the press is poorly designed cast iron that did not have solid support for the bolts. My guess is that there was a defect in the cast iron that gave way when any amount of pressure was put on it. Cast iron snaps really quickly and does not bend at all so it was poorly designed when they did not have a solid connection from where the bolt would pull on the base to the table. We will need to either buy a new drill press, replace the base of this drill press, or attach the drill press by the support rod. The last one is not recomended. Daniel and I put the drill press on its side back on the table and tested it breifly to make sure the head still spun. It does. the light and lasers also still work. The chuck of the drill press got unseated and came out when I pulled on it. The press hit the shop vac when it fell but the shop vac seems okay. we tested it.

I successfully attached the bench vice to the table. The table is made out of a very hard material and I had to use the masionary bits to drill the holes in it. I attached it with locking nuts, locking washers, and loctite blue.