A drill press used to drill hole simultaneously or all together is called a...

• A. Gang drill press
• B. Universal drill press
• C. Compound drill press
• D. Specialty drill press

Answer: (A)

Drilling several holes at once requires multiple spindles working in harmony on one machine. A gang drill press is built with several drill spindles mounted in a row on a single unit, so you can clamp the workpiece and drill all the holes in one setup. That direct ability to perform multiple drilling operations simultaneously is exactly what “drill hole simultaneously or all together” describes.

A universal drill press is a general-purpose, typically single-spindle machine with versatile motion and table adjustments but doesn’t inherently drill multiple holes at the same time. A compound drill press adds the ability to tilt or rotate the head for drilling at various angles, not multiple holes at once. A specialty drill press is designed for a specific task or application, rather than for simultaneous multi-hole drilling.