Definitely mate I use it all the time and I love it

Ace !! I love mine !!

Because frequency driven motors don’t actually have an increasing torque curve when slowed down. While a transmission system actually does increase torque when stepping down in speed. So in all, you lose speed and gain nothing. In this case the nothing is used to give the ability to drill harder materials.

Cheers , no I haven’t

Sound wrong , I just hit zero when bit hits stock and then it works

@@ManorWood Many thanks, I've just sent it back and Hamazon is sending me another for tomorrow. Many thanks :-)

Not sure have thought about that it’s a good idea

​@@ManorWood thanks for your reply mate by the looks of it it probably does but I would imagine the screw hole to stop the column from rotating from side to side will probably be mounted in the back and not in the front. its a much better design than the traditional drill press imo. I got a loan of an old Clarke drill press from my uncle and although its very good height adjustment between the base plate and the middle base can be a pain. not to mention all the mucking about when you want to change speeds. you should check out what this German guy done to his without hacking it up. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZuKdKeEy97Wn6c.html I am thinking of doing something like this but somehow still incorporating the original base to use as normal.

Amazon uk

front to back is 350mm x325mm side to side approx,hope this helps.

pey carden... great thanks for that

Ruwi for the clips , I have lots of videos about the profile which came from KJN

You can not

Actually you can. That is why you have the big hole in the aluminum table. You simply set drill on the sheet and then you drill through the table. This is where your laser and light comes very handy. This doesn't work if you mount whole drill to table. But you can't do that at all with those typical drill presses as your pole denies the sheet. Unlike this that you move on the sheet. This is reason why I keep my drill free floating on table. I don't now recall the hole diameter in the table but IIRC it was 35mm. So you can't use hole drills etc large diameter drill bits. But the typical ones works great. But I do recommend at larger surfaces a hand router.....

@@paristo - thanks for that

Sound interesting, what are you doing ??

You can't, as square drill bits requires a special holder for the chisel square part to lock on. This one doesn't seem to allow you to switch chucks to get such that takes locking mechanism.

Can you recommend any other drill press without a belt drive in this consumer price range? In my case it's not for daily use.

@@Spik3rSuppa I really don't think there is any better in the price range. I'm getting one for sure.

Voyager its a great drill press. but I don't do much so its a bit over kill for me.. I would like a digital floor standing radial press one day :)

Manor Wood you are right!

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@@ManorWood i bought Scheppach DP40...Absolutley the same machine....same spec....a lot less money

@@TheAlogoc Scheppach DP40 copys it :DD did it same good that bosch?

@@janis2001 99% same... its very good

@@TheAlogoc in estonia its Scheppach cost 249 euro vs bosch 284 euro (thats cheapest and 25% down, old price 379 euro)

No was fine

I have not had a problem with play for how in use the drill , this was a very old plug cutter which is why the smoke happen but still cuts usable plug and I thought the smoke looked good for KZfaq :)

Nothing to do with where it is made. Bosch decides the standards to which their products are made.

He wasn’t showing the best way to make plugs, just displaying it’s power…don’t be so critical…🙄

Never tried that !!

The bearings are not made to be pushed at from the side. If this is what you wanted to do.

Check amazon my cost £249

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qp2PpKyj0qyUiKs.html

@@ManorWood I was looking at this last year. It's a thing of beauty.

It is clearly not aimed at someone willing and able to spend £1500 on a drill press. Since Bosch have never released a blue version of their drill press I must presume they’ve determined it is not worth their while to do so. The green one meanwhile clearly meets many customers’ needs and overall gets good reviews.

@@ian1352 The problem with the good reviews is that a lot of them will be from people who don't know what runout is or have never used a good machine to compare this to or simply do not want to admit that they've been sold a pup (nobody does)

Bosch's green range has a few tools aimed more at the workshop and hobbyists. Workbenches for example are only available in green. Unfortunately, Bosch have no intention of producing a blue model of this drill - I did ask. Part of the reason is that the blue division is aimed more at site work and construction so a bench drill press doesn't really fit with the range. Still, blue or green, this is quite a nice drill. I do sometimes wish it had a little more grunt, not that it's ever failed me in that regard.

Mine is green , from amazing Uk

Yes, it is little strange thing. But I could imagine that professional heavy duty drill press is such a device that Bosch doesn't want to compete there in price range. Like you have then devices that cost thousands and literally needs to be "heavy duty" for decades to come. Like look at the Nova Voyager DVR. Bosch goes straight to amateurs market where you can have great market penetration.

I drill and thread various alloys every day. My machine is rigid and accurate, fully manual, originally made in 1942. It's been modified and rebuilt, last time by me personally, and has a runout of around a tenth (.0001") with a Rohm keyless chuck. Going straight in with a quality drill, no reaming, results in a hole that's 1-2 thou over. This machine drills more than 1000 holes every month without skipping a beat, each hole as accurate as the last. That's professional performance. Actually, just checked a number of holes with gage pins yesterday, as I do fairly often. An inside mic is more accurate, but also takes more time. It's easy to see how the Bosch would suit a wood hobbyist. Someone like a jeweler, as well. I like it for what it is. The Nova, OTOH, IMO is a video game posing as a tool. No confidence in the product.

I can hear him fine and I'm using my phone to watch this. Perhaps your should but some better audio equipment.