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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Macca_UK" data-source="post: 1524095" data-attributes="member: 38234">Hi all,Hopefully, some of you lovely people can help steer me in the right direction.I've currently got one of the old, blue Record bench morticers that has served me well over the last few years for my woodwork drilling needs (I'm only a hobbyist and I only ever used it as a drill) - It's built like a tank and has never skipped a beat!.Over the last couple of months, I've been teaching myself how to weld and am wanting to replace the morticer with a bench drill that has variable speeds and can handle metal (mainly going to be mild steel).I'm heavily leaning towards buying a decent, older machine and was just looking for a bit of advice as to what brands/models are worth considering.Are the older Clarkes (c2000) any good, I know they are now just rebadged Chinese machines but it looks like some of the older models can go for decent money (£150ish) so were they built better back then?A similar question about Record bench drills, I seem to remember that people thought the build quality took a dive sometime in the early 2000's, but are the older machines still worth looking at?What other brands/models should I be on the lookout for?I'm looking to spend £150-£200.Thanks for taking the time to read this.Macca</blockquote>

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