nice, solid, small drill press (Rating: 4.00)
Review : Pretty much all your average weekend woodworker needs. Made in China, but fit and finish is perfectly acceptable. Castings are nice and heavy, and the 1/2 hp motor is a nice feature - a little more power than you usually get on a drill press this size. The whole thing went together nice and square right out of the box.A few cons - the depth stop is flimsy, partly made of plastic, and not easy to adjust. Obviously at this price point you can't have everything, but making this more solid would have cost Grizzly a few cents. Also, the table simply clamps on to the column - probably I'll eventually rig something up to make alignment and height adjustment easier, but there's no obvious way to do this. Another odd thing - the third time I used it, the chuck key, of all things, snapped in half. Grizzly customer service was very professional and replaced it free, no questions asked. But that meant a few days of downtime - I couldn't find the right size key locally so I had to wait until the replacement showed up from Grizzly.
Good Value (Rating: 5.00)
Review : Dandy little drill press for the price. I even found a mortice attachment at Grizzly that only needs a .020 thick shim to fit the quill.
I made a simple top for the table and it's good to go for what I need.
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