Are they low end- HFlike - junk?
Decent?
Some decent/some not so decent?
I've been looking at a Wen drill press - the 8" benchtop model.
Overall, Wen stuff gets pretty good reviews.
I have a cast iron GMC right now. It's been good to me, but, it's more or less a single speed since the 12 speed/3 pulleys setup is far harder than it should be to change speeds.
I don't want to get rid of it for a junker though. I just can't bring myself to buy one from HF....
I've been looking for a used one, but, you know how that goes..
People think their beat to death Walker Turner - missing half it's parts & with a dead motor - is worth $495, or more.
Anything decent is priced sky high & anything near affordable is beat to death & needs a full rebuild - - or it's one of those things that you put an electric drill in to make it a drill press.(seriously, people were listing those things for $200!!!)