Now looking for a floor pillar drill. I know most will say Fobco, Meddings, Startrite second hand, but I want a single phase drill now not after watching ebay for 12 months in the hope one comes up at an affordable price not too far away, remember a 100 miles away costs £35 to £40 for a car round trip, or having to spend 6 months renovating it before I can use it (i dont have enough time for playing with wood and metal as it is).
Need it for:
Wood, sawtooth bits upto 50mm, plugcutters, etc
Metal, plastics, twist drills from 1mm upto 13mm, countersinks, spotface cutters
needs to be low runout/bearing/quill play for the metals (model engineering) and plug cutters
needs fair bit of power for the wood
needs lowish speeds for metals
needs highish speeds for small drills
Looking at (with cheapest prices found):
Record DP58P, 1hp - £407 + 16miles - Dixon Hall
Axminster AT2801FDP, 550W - £389.94 + £0 p+p - Axminster
Jet JDP-17F, 1000W - £479.99 + £7.14 p+p - machinery4wood.co.uk
Warco 2F, 750W - £430 + £0 - Warco
SIP 01436, 750W - £429.95 + £0 p+p - Toolstoday
then there are the others that may or may not be cheaper better/lesser quality - Sealey, Draper, ...
Any recommendations and advice gratefully accepted, remember I'm a Yorkshireman, and also have other things I need to spend money on (no not the Mrs!), so price IS an object, but so is quality.
Melv
Need it for:
Wood, sawtooth bits upto 50mm, plugcutters, etc
Metal, plastics, twist drills from 1mm upto 13mm, countersinks, spotface cutters
needs to be low runout/bearing/quill play for the metals (model engineering) and plug cutters
needs fair bit of power for the wood
needs lowish speeds for metals
needs highish speeds for small drills
Looking at (with cheapest prices found):
Record DP58P, 1hp - £407 + 16miles - Dixon Hall
Axminster AT2801FDP, 550W - £389.94 + £0 p+p - Axminster
Jet JDP-17F, 1000W - £479.99 + £7.14 p+p - machinery4wood.co.uk
Warco 2F, 750W - £430 + £0 - Warco
SIP 01436, 750W - £429.95 + £0 p+p - Toolstoday
then there are the others that may or may not be cheaper better/lesser quality - Sealey, Draper, ...
Any recommendations and advice gratefully accepted, remember I'm a Yorkshireman, and also have other things I need to spend money on (no not the Mrs!), so price IS an object, but so is quality.
Melv