SKIL 6.2 Amp 10 In. 5-Speed Benchtop Drill Press with Laser Alignment & Work Light - DP9505-00

I bought this during Amazon's Spring Sale for $150. It's a good value for the money, it's a good, strong drill press. I like the sturdiness and variable speeds. It was easy to assemble, only taking about 15 minutes. Size is great as well, not too small but also doesn't take up a bunch of wasted space in my garage shop. Drills accurate and the motor provides plenty of power.The only small con I will say is that the support plate does wiggle a little on rack, but once a workpiece is held on there, that isn't much of an issue.

So after reading some reviews, I was hesitant after having already purchased this press.. however I believe alot of the negative reviews are user error, guys beating the crap out of their tools, or not reading the setup instructions which clearly state you have to do some adjustments when it arrives. Now to also state this is not something I would put in a multiple employee fab shop, but for home use where you yourself will (hopefully) take care of your investment, I think it has done a fine job so far, I have already bored 30 holes in steel plate for a trailer fab job, no motor wobble, no collar break, no issues with my table, and holes turned out perfect, I'm very pleased with this machine and especially for the price.

This gets down to business. If you need to just drill this one will keep up with you. Just drill that hole over and over again. A little tug on the hair helps.

Out of the box the depth stop mounting collar was broken. Otherwise a very good drill press at a good price.

Excellent little drill press! Easy to Assemble, sturdy, accurate, a fantastic value!

I love the new toy I wish I got it sooner. Lite weight run very smooth with lights, laser, ease to change the belt for the speeds and easy to assemble.

I had been eyeballing this one for a while, because I wanted a little more power than the similarly priced WEN (also I kinda hate the orange color scheme, but that's not really a reason to purchase one over another)Reading the reviews, you'd think this thing were a wobbly piece of plastic slapped together by underpaid monkeys. Either I got lucky, or a lot of the other reviews are simply a matter of user error. Putting it together took me about 30 minutes, intentionally going slow so as not to make a mistake. I would have liked a more robust center column, and the worm drive rack can be a little finicky until you lock it down correctly (the instructions on this part I didn't find sufficient)The laser was dead on perfect out of the box. I haven't used it in anything but daylight so I can't be sure how helpful the light is yet. I didn't have the bolts to lock it down to my bench yet, but I experience no wobble whatsoever, it's as perfectly balanced as any drill press I've used in the past. I'll probably try to get a replacement chuck because the one that comes with it isn't ideal, but there's nothing terribly wrong with it, either.To anyone considering buying one, I'd just say, the collar that holds the rack against the center column -- you want it to be able to glide in an arc around the column but it shouldn't move up or down. Also, even though the rack comes out of the box attached to the column, when attaching the support base you'll want to remove it and run it through the support base and *then* slide it onto the column. That was the only headache I experienced in the process, and it's not even a case of the instructions being unclear, just a tad ambiguous.My use case will be primarily working with wood, but a bit of metal here and there, and it seems more than adequate for those jobs. Should something go horribly wrong, I'll update my review.

Lots of vibration with the machine, even when the speed is set to its lowest setting. I regret this buy, and i plan to return the item, unfortunately. Also has just a very faint burning smell coming from the motor at times. Pulleys appear to be cheap plastic and are poorly formed , having come with jagged edges on some locations that will undoubtedly result in wear on the belt. I have other Skil products and have had good luck with their other tools in the last. However, Skil needs to up their game with this one….a swing and a miss. What a shame. very poor quality.