Some info regarding homemade drill presses made from cast iron pipe and fittings.
http://www.vintageprojects.com/power-tools/pipe-drill-press.pdf
http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/wp-content/2009/11/PopSciMech_2_186.jpg
http://www.vintageprojects.com/power-tools/drill-press-auto.html
http://www.flamingsteel.com/museum-of-strange-things.php