You need a ShopSmith. It will definitely do that.

It would be a little tricky but you might do it with a doweling jig or a drill guide.

sort of along the lines of the shopsmith idea, I have a table top drill press that I can swing the head so it is close to 90° to the base when sitting on the corner of the bench. That way, If I can hold whatever, I can drill like you are wanting to do on something long.

 

Use your drill press to make a drill guide for your bit. The thicker the better, but that may be limited by the length of your bit and the needed depth of the hole. However once you have a reasonably deep hole, you can remove the guide and continue drilling. Clamp the guide to the piece you need to drill.

 

What Bill said. Use a drill press and drill a hole thru some really thick material leaving enough for your drill to have the length to drill thru your work piece. It's a technique I've used with success. Go forth and conquer!

 

smart ideas!

 

You can also make a vertical clamp jig to hold the piece on the side of a drill press table while you drill into your piece. (assuming you table can rotate away and not fixed in some form).

This is the closest pic I could find to show you what it could look like. There are many variations to this.

 

You can also make a vertical clamp jig to hold the piece on the side of a drill press table while you drill into your piece. (assuming you table can rotate away and not fixed in some form).

This is the closest pic I could find to show you what it could look like. There are many variations to this.

- Rayne

Looks Good!

 

You could use a lathe as an alternative.