WEN 2.3-Amp 8-Inch 5-Speed Cast Iron Benchtop Drill Press (4206T)

Wen 8 inch drill press 4206T. Came in heavy box with molded styrofoam. All wrapped in plastic. No missing or broken parts. No dings or chipped paint. All factory installed bolts, parts, etc were tight. Easy to put together. Bits checked out 90 deg to table. No wobble at all. Quite. The table slides up and down easily and holds tight. It would be next to impossible for it to slip after lock bolt is tightened. I tried a 2 inch hole saw at 2100 rpm and easily drilled through 1 inch pine. Need to slow down speed for hardwood or other materials. I owned fab shop for 40 years and had big drill presses. Got this for hobby and repair work around house. It is absolutely a well made little drill press. Dont know the limits yet, but plenty for most of us DIY. You need to use good quality sharp bits and hole saws with a drill press. Cheap wore out bits/saws just wont cut it. Dont use blade bits with the threads. Could get hurt if hangs up. Look, i dont know how they can produce this for a $100. You wont go wrong with this tool and price. I have a Wen air nailer, also great. Wen makes very good products for a good price.

The more I learn how to use this product, the more I appreciate it. The drill press is made of high quality materials with the fence and table very helpful once dialed in to the job. The provided stop blocks allow quick repetitive and accurate cuts for the chairs that I make. It creates confidence that parts will fit precisely together. The power of a drill press this size is impressive for hard and soft wood. Speed adjustments are simple to make. By taking your time it's easy to reduce or eliminate burn marks I've begun using this press to make joinery and appreciate the easy cleanup relative to using a router. The sacrificial plate in the table is easily replaceable and helps reduce tear out. The accuracy is far superior to a hand held drill and lining up repetitive cuts has saved me hours. The cost is also a plus. My recommendation, if you are a hobbyist or have a small woodshed, this press will upgrade your quality and speed up your builds.

Works great and made my son a happy camper! Great quality like all WEN products I have bought. Try it! You’re going to love it!

For a inexpensive bench top Drill press this is Nice Adjusting speed is easy all you need to do is move the belt to desired speed chart is under the hood where the belt is located Noise level is pretty low but proper Safety steps should be followed and eye , ear and Hand protection should be used whenever you use shop/power tools! So far for a small drill press this has worked with no issues for my needs 1/4 inch thick steel was drilled with ease and holes are perfectly straight I would recommend this to others and would purchase it again i see no reason why this will not last many years For the money this is a winner! Wen makes nice tools for a reasonable price!

I only need a drill press every once in a while and did not want to spend a fortune. This little press is really designed for occasional light and medium jobs, but for that, it is great. Check also the other identical drill presses, since this is a China tool re-badged hundreds of times. Vevor also sells the same press for a few bucks less, but I wanted 2-day delivery. Great press! Can't go wrong!

This is the cutest little drill press I've ever seen. I'd almost call it portable. It is absolutely perfect for the work bench as it takes up no room. It is very light weight on top of that (bolt it down or clamp it, it's a little top heavy). It has plenty of power to run a 1.5in forstner bit into pine wood with no struggles. The holes are accurate, the chuck delivers straight clean holes. It is simple to assemble and change the speed. It has a basic table that requires an 18mm socket to tilt for angles, but moves up and down freely with the included screw handle. It seems pretty durable I would imagine it would take a lot to break this thing. This would go great with the little novelty tool boxes everyone is selling nowadays. The footprint is smaller than a compact packout box. Considering I only paid $70 I should have bought 2. Well worth it. P.S. A 500w inverter did not run it, but a 750w did.

Easy to setup and use. Perfect size for the work I do in my little shop and easy on the budget. It has plenty of power to get through the material I use, and the overall quality is perfect.

“This little drill press surprised me. The build quality feels sturdy with its cast iron base, and it runs smooth with minimal vibration. Easy to change speeds, plenty of power for small to medium projects, and the accuracy is spot-on once it’s squared up. Perfect for hobby work or a small garage shop. For the price, it’s a total win — WEN definitely punched above its weight here.” — Praying to the car gods

It doesn't woth the price

Need to return due to faulty motor. It gets very hot after 20sec of running without load , even without the belt. Theres no resistance when turn the spindle with hand . If I would keep running it would definitely burned. Maybe better luck next time :)

Originally I did not want something this big or expensive. I want to drill through 15mm square tubing and thin steel plate. But as looked at reviews of smaller hobby drill presses for crafting perhaps or the ones that looked like a 1/2' drill built into a drill press frame, I came to realize that they all operate at a high rpm and the one that looks like the vertical 1/2" drill is quite noisy. So I reluctantly purchased this larger unit. It is built like a traditional drill press with a pully system for changing speeds. One notable plus; the substantial chuck is not quite full size and easily grips small drill bits, better that some hand drills that I have owned. Another big plus is that the drill is very, very quiet and smooth. Things I did not know before purchasing: very fine steel wool is needed to prep the tapered chuck before it is hammered into place (not a big deal). The drill press should be bolted down. For my uses I setup my Work-Mate on the balcony and have drilled a couple of holes in it to better suit the 1/2' bolts used to hold it down. Also, the drill press vise that was included with my unit at a price lower than the regular price of the drill, also needs to be bolted to the drill press' table. So I purchased the necessary bolts, nuts, washers to do all this, and now the whole setup for this takes 5 minutes. Up until now, I've used it for the purposes stated above, but today I gave it a bigger challenge: cutting ten 5/32" holes in 1/2" and 5/8" mild steel plates. I used a dab of cutting paste to lube the drill bit a couple of times for each hole. The cutting was easy and accurate, and the drill bit was cutting just as easy on the last hole as the first. I used the recommended pulley setup for this, 750 rpm. I bet the systems that operate at several times that speed would overheat the drill bits and themselves.....

Esta herramienta tiene un bonito diseño, así como la funcionalidad es excelente

Es un equipo bueno, ayuda mucho en aplicaciónes semi- profesionales o de uso casero.