If it's not too big you might consider the Grizzly G7943. If you ignore
the stupid chuck guard and the plastic face plate on the front of the
head casting, it's identical to thousands and thousands of drill presses
imported in the last 30 years or so. I got a "Foremost" brand at Tool
Town nearly 30 years ago and it's served me well in my woodworking and
some metalworking very well. About three years ago I finally broke down
and replaced the really horrible bearings in the quill, a job that took
about two hours, and it really tightened up (and quieted down) the
machine. It's a basic, robust design and even if you find a no-name
model used, Grizzly parts will probably fit.
Or like someone else mentioned, Old Arn is hard to beat, too.
On 9/11/2014 7:57 PM, Karl Vacek wrote:
> Does anybody know if there is a source for a better model? ALL the ones I
> have ever seen in stores, etc. are made in China, and their precision seems
> to be pretty
> random- the display model could have a quill with no slop, but then the one
> I bring home could be much worse.
>
> Doug
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