"There's a tool for every job"......
and in this case it's true. Over the years, probably very FEW makers have NOT tried it, it's natural curiousity.:confused2: In my experience 'trying it' was slotting a guard. First pass, I cautiously barely removed any material but left a mark, it's working !:drool: Next pass...a little more depth, just enough to catch my finger nail, it worked again !:biggrin: Next pass....a little more depth, starts out looking good.........my chuck flies off, it looked like a spinning top just falling over. On it's way across the guard it chewed up the beginings of a pro looking slot on the face side naturally.:sad: OK... lets make a new one, again.:2: If your drill press has it's chuck mounted with just a pressure fit (JT), forget it. Luckily it was a cheap benchtop drill press, but it's never drilled a round hole since, the chuck never mounted correctly again. Turns out I was the "tool", that's why I have a mill.:biggrin:
I know....it's real tempting.:les: Go ahead and try it, be careful and post pictures please.:drool::biggrin::sad:
Good luck,
Rudy