Using a keyless cordless drill in a portable press

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This drill has a provision (the left hand end of the orange body) to grip it in a portable drill press.
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But many cordless drills are built like this...

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Would this fit into a drill press (I'm guessing it might be impossible or dangerous)? Alternatively, are there adapters that can help use it in a press?
 
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Not what you asked, but...
Just buy a cheap drill press. Granted, in the drill press world they aren't the best, but they will still be MUCH better than your approach.
 
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DaveE said:
There is a vigorous second hand market in DIY level machine tools. I have many electrical hand tools and they are hardly worth selling or buying s/h but when you move up to drill presses and the like, eBay (in the UK) always has suitable stuff within driving distance. My theory is that elderly DIYers have moved up the skills order and will have bought tools that they never could afford when they were young. The old guys die and their partners just wants rid of a shed full of stuff.
A handdrill, in a mount will almost certainly be unsatisfactory - even unsafe.
 
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