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Thanks for all of your help guys. I hadn't even considered a lathe so this adds even more into the mix! Lots to think about and mull over. In answer to asking how many I was making, I usually make between 50- 100 a week so it's a fair amount and at the moment it's just the time it takes...

This is actually what I've done already. I can't say it was my idea but did have a search on the net a while back and someone else mentioned it. It's been perfect for holding the dowel in place.

Here's an image of the finished product. The dowel is obviously inside the copper ends with the screw insert facing up and the screw sticking out. Hard to explain but easier to see with the picture.

So the aim is to put an insert nut into the dead centre of the dowel so that I can then screw in an M4 furniture screw. The dowel will then sit inside a copper end feed pipe to create some small copper pulls for drawers and cupboards. It needs to be pretty accurate and it's only by sheer luck...

Thanks, that's really helpful. Lot's to think about.

Thank you, my budget is around the £250 - £300 mark so this fits in well. I'll have a look around and see what I can find. Thanks for all the help.

I wouldn't even know where to start with older, more reliable and truer presses. As I'm new to the world of tools in general I don't recognise good brands from bad brands etc. Any suggestions?

I tried this but as it's only a very small hobbyist drill press it doesn't accept the width of the dowel in the chuck unfortunately.

Hey everyone. So I'm a complete novice when it comes to a drill press and have a reallly cheap and nasty one that I've been getting by with for now. I've noticed that there is slight lateral movement in the drill so I'm unable to reproduce completely centred holes going through a pine dowel...