Hi All,
I bought a 15" Porter Cable drill press (8amp) couple of weeks ago. I set it up, and then decided to buy a Kipa Keyless chuck from Amazon. The Drill was 429.00 and the Kipa was 34.00
I did a runout test on after putting the new chuck on itit just to see how much runout is evident. To my my surprise it was only 2-3 thousandths. Plenty accurate for my needs.
Since moving from NC and relocating in Hawaii, options for getting things here are limited. This was the only real choice unless I went to 1000.00 plus.
The table is cast steel and not the best, but I already covered with a track-table so that was not in issue for me.
2nd thing, the base is kinda narrow so, I installed 2 14x18 inch wings to the base one on each side to improve the stability until I decide where its final home will be.
Bottom line, it is a great deal if you are only in need of a middle of the road drill press.
I bought a 15" Porter Cable drill press (8amp) couple of weeks ago. I set it up, and then decided to buy a Kipa Keyless chuck from Amazon. The Drill was 429.00 and the Kipa was 34.00
I did a runout test on after putting the new chuck on itit just to see how much runout is evident. To my my surprise it was only 2-3 thousandths. Plenty accurate for my needs.
Since moving from NC and relocating in Hawaii, options for getting things here are limited. This was the only real choice unless I went to 1000.00 plus.
The table is cast steel and not the best, but I already covered with a track-table so that was not in issue for me.
2nd thing, the base is kinda narrow so, I installed 2 14x18 inch wings to the base one on each side to improve the stability until I decide where its final home will be.
Bottom line, it is a great deal if you are only in need of a middle of the road drill press.