https://www.harborfreight.com/9-inch...amp-36221.html get two or three of these, or real Visegrip versions if you can find/afford them. Some blocks of metal and wood of various sizes, carriage bolts, wing nuts, fender washers in assorted sizes, and some chunks of allthread likewise. There are a LOT of ways to do it.
Start looking at homemadetools.net as well, for more ideas. And youtube.com.
Also visit your local library. One of my favorite books with info on how best to use a drill press, and many other tools, is Shop Savvy, by Roy Moungovan.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=shop+savv...ref=nb_sb_noss paperback
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=shop+savv...ref=nb_sb_noss hardback this is the one I have, which I bought after keeping my local library's copy checked most of a year!
Do not buy it new, though a copy should be in every workshop. ;) IMNSHO!
Bill