graduate_owner
Established Member
Hi everyone,
About 2 months ago I asked for opinions on the Axminster pillar drill which was on offer for £200, reduced from £275 (model AH2003FDP). Since most of the comments were positive and I had about £200 worth of Axminster vouchers I decided to go for it and here is my review of it.
Firstly it is obviously a far east import, judging by the quality of the castings, but that doesn't affect the performance and it certainly doesn't worry me. I have to say I am quite impressed and am glad I bought it. I tried drilling 10mm holes in box section steel without a starter hole, and the drill didn't flinch, no slowing of the motor at all. I checked the run out on the spindle and it was a very acceptable .05mm but a drill in the chuck showed noticeable run out (about .8 mm). I contacted Axminster who immediately told me that was not acceptable and posted out a replacement chuck that very day. With the new chuck fitted and a test bar protruding about 150 mm from the chuck, the total run out was about 0.2mm and I am quite happy with that, after all it's not sold as engineering quality, it's hobby rated.
I was concerned about falling into the trap of " well what can you expect for £200?" But in fact it is a nice piece of kit. Unfortunately it is now out of stock, but at £200 I didn't expect them to last long.
So, £200 for a decent, brand new floor standing drill with 16mm chuck capacity. Beats the cr@p outbof my old NuTool bench drill.
K
About 2 months ago I asked for opinions on the Axminster pillar drill which was on offer for £200, reduced from £275 (model AH2003FDP). Since most of the comments were positive and I had about £200 worth of Axminster vouchers I decided to go for it and here is my review of it.
Firstly it is obviously a far east import, judging by the quality of the castings, but that doesn't affect the performance and it certainly doesn't worry me. I have to say I am quite impressed and am glad I bought it. I tried drilling 10mm holes in box section steel without a starter hole, and the drill didn't flinch, no slowing of the motor at all. I checked the run out on the spindle and it was a very acceptable .05mm but a drill in the chuck showed noticeable run out (about .8 mm). I contacted Axminster who immediately told me that was not acceptable and posted out a replacement chuck that very day. With the new chuck fitted and a test bar protruding about 150 mm from the chuck, the total run out was about 0.2mm and I am quite happy with that, after all it's not sold as engineering quality, it's hobby rated.
I was concerned about falling into the trap of " well what can you expect for £200?" But in fact it is a nice piece of kit. Unfortunately it is now out of stock, but at £200 I didn't expect them to last long.
So, £200 for a decent, brand new floor standing drill with 16mm chuck capacity. Beats the cr@p outbof my old NuTool bench drill.
K
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