basic pillar drill recomendation

[iep]

I'm looking for a small/medium bench mount pillar drill for accurate drilling of wood and light metals. Loads of choices out there but want to avoid buying something too cheap and flimsy.

What price do people think you have to pay for a half decent hobby/workshop tool and does anyone have a specific recommendation?

Am I being unrealistic to hope to spend around £100?

Cheers,

iep.

 

[marshman]

I have a oldish sip one and the hp rating of the motor is over rated, I cooked the motor after about an hour drilling and counter sinking
8 mm mild steel. the drill its self is sturdy enough but if you want accurate drilling of say a 6.1 mm hole then the tiny bit of play in
the spindle would mean you use a 6 mm bit, the motors are the only let down if you have a lot of continuous work for it,
its robust enough for me not to break it but I did have to chop the bottom belt guard to get a proper 1 hp motor on it.

 

[iep]

do you have the model number of your sip drill?

iep

 

[marshman]

Model No. B16-16
They are about £250. now, I paid about £160 but that was a few years ago,
Its done quite a lot of work and I have even used it as a up right wood lathe for turning small handles.
The motor is the weak point, they get to hot to touch when doing a lot of heavy work
I took the old one in to the rewind guy and he laughed and said it would of been lucky if it even made a 1/2 hp.
My opinion, not the finest of quality for precision work but robust enough for a home workshop.

 

[opps]

I got one of these just to drill the holes for the kitchen door hinges

http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-nd12-pillar-drill-prod21711/

It cost about 70 quid.

It is a bench top rather than floor standing. i dont have the space for the big ones.

It is rated as trade rather than contiuous.

I have been happy with it but then i dont use it that often and it doesn't have the bells and whistles of a higher end machine

I dont know how accurate it is but it suffices for my needs