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DDNOX
August 27, 2025
This thing is surprisingly cool. I took out one of the retractor springs because they’re a little bit too much to fight against for the length of the levers. The dovetailed ways this moves up and down on are nice and snug and it’s a viable tool for fairly precise work.I feel like I could realistically mill plastic with a cross table or a better vice. Maybe really light aluminum stuff with an end mill up to 3/8†and really light passes.Things that are worth pointing out- this thing spins pretty fast in drill press terms. It seems like it has the torque to spin a decent diameter bit or cutter but the vise isn’t solid enough to stop chatter with a multi flute cutter that’s got back relief and is spinning faster than would be ideal.It’s cool it comes with a vise which is adequate for really basic holding, as in stopping a thing from spinning. The moving jaw has no real hold down mechanism except for the slide rail it’s captive to so a work piece could easily be pulled up enough for a bit to get jammed up and pull the piece up even more if you try to put a 1/2†drill bit into a piece of metal.The Wen 3†vice they sell here is also surprisingly decent has an opposing keeper plate to hold the moving jaw down and there is no guide rail right in the way of the center so you can put a bit through something with some extra room to play with, like if you had a countersink on a wood bit for a 2 or 3†screw and didn’t want to move it just to put a hole through a 1†piece of wood. So that vice or something comparable is something one might as well buy at the same time if they’ll be doing anything serious enough for uplift to be a concern.I’m also a big fan of using stubby lathe center drills that only have one flute in a case like this where the revs are higher than they ought to be. They can’t bounce from point to point on two cutting edges in the hole they’re creating. You can get them in 45 or 60 degree angles.It’s about as noisy as a disc grinder or any other tool with gear reduction which doesn’t really bother me but it’s definitely not like a belt driven drill press you could walk away from and forget is running if you got distracted.Definitely worth the price based on experience so far.
vaquero
July 26, 2025
This machine is the second one. The first one I sent back, because after about 10 minutes the off/on didn't work anymore. I could not switch the machine off anymore. I returned it. The new one I can't even plug into the 110V outlet! And a nut was missing. The box was taped all around, but inside no screw.
AAlt
June 7, 2025
I bought this for my custom knifemaking projects to primarily drill straight holes and it does exactly that. The heavy solid construction is very nice I had to secure it to my workbench with two screws as recommended in the manual. I really cant find any negatives about this drill press. It is a little louder than I expected but that's OK. For the price I paid for it it seems to be a good quality machine.
Kindle Customer
May 11, 2025
This is an awesome drill! It works really well and is quiet. I love it!
Customer
January 9, 2025
Works as advertised
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