Axminster Engineering Drill? any difrence with woodworking?

[andycorleone]

I'm after a rise & fall control pillar Drill the http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Axminster-ED16SB-Pillar-Drill-719342.htm looks like the winner only problem maybe is the power 370W ? Is this the only real diference with the woodwoking ones?

 

[beejay]

The table may be slightly different as well, my Sealey has a channel round the edge of the table and a small drain hole for coolant. I had to drill a couple more holes in it to bolt my own table to it.
regards, Bill

 

[beech1948]

Andy,
Another key point is the quill travel distance. The drill you link to has a quill travel of 60mm. This is just over 2 3/8 inches.

A better travel would be 80mm. But these drilldrills cost just a bit more.

regards

Alan

 

[RodN]

I bought one of those. It a sound sturdy piece of kit.

The travel is just enough to go through a pen blank. I agree with Alan. I would have liked a bit more, but it is more than satisfactory.

It has no depth stop either, which is something else that would have been useful. I'll make do with controlling the depth by referring to the scale on the quill, or by using the rising table, but the latter won't be possible with larger/longer drills.

Rod

 

[andycorleone]

thanks for the help