Originally Posted by
PAUL A DALEN
I still need a drill press, but I'm getting concerned about the cost.
Follow up comment. Drill presses are apparently an incredible challenge for makers to bring to market without having a lot of the quality stripped off between design and manufacture. I have been running a 17" Delta for nearly 20 years because I cannot find anything enough better under $2000 to make me switch. I really want a better drill press but you have to break $1500 today before anything even gets close.
My point is that since you can't get a very good one for under $1500, buy a decent one for half of that and spend some money on quality cutters. Using high quality drill bits is very much like the first time you used a really sharp chisel or a well tuned hand plane . . . or a decent jig saw for that matter ;-). The value of this advice will vary with how much work you do on a DP. I use one quite a bit but, not enough to spend what a entry level cabinet saw costs on one. YMMV.
Last edited by glenn bradley; 07-16-2021 at 3:16 PM.
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