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This seems to be commonly resold under a few different brands. I got a second hand one for £30 and it's ok - I blew the starter capacitor drilling loads of steel but it still works, just need to give it a spin to start. There's 5 belt speeds, I tend to leave it on the slowest one.
Vintage stuff is probably a lot better but you'd want to know what you're looking at. Lidl/Aldi probably worth a look too when they have them in.
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Cheers.
Is there enough space if say you wanted to get a 1.5m long bit of 4x4 in there?
I've made a half arsed effort to look at vintage stuff. But as you say, you need a bit of knowledge. Online forum searches are always full of people advising that as they don't make 'em like that anymore (I suspect they do, just that people forget that what they're looking at was yesterday's equivalent of today's £ks worth of computer controlled profession machines).
hugo7
Is there a recommended inexpensive bench mounted pillar drill?
And if I'm looking 2nd hand is there anything I need to look out for/ask/etc. phase and speed I guess? What sort of speed do I want for steel, wood and alu?
Cheers.