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

I needed a drill press for my wood shop but I knew it would not be a piece of equipment I would use every day. I had purchased a Wen belt sander and it was a beast so I decided to try the drill press and I am glad I did. I got the box and it was extremely well packed. Putting it together was a common sense procedure that took no time. For a hundred dollar drill press I am more than impressed. I put it together in literally 5 minutes and had it up and running. Ran it and used it for a bit drilling holes and bought it mainly to drill holes for birdhouses and the occasional hole I need for furniture. The motor is very quiet and solid and the construction is awesome. I really was not expecting it to be this solid for the price. I changed the speeds on it a couple times and it went very smoothly with no issues. It has a place to mount the chuck tool which is handy and the operating handle for the press is really smooth and seems durable. Now this is a good hobby press for the novice and could handle hours of work if needed but realistically it is not a commercial grade but will take some abuse. It has fit the bill for what I need and for the price and quality has exceeded my expectations and I am pretty picky about my tools. The Wen belt sander you can turn it upside down and use it for a table sander. Low cost tools with great quality builds

Needed a bench top drill press to compliment the small bench top milling machine I'd been using as a mill and drill, so my wife told me to order this one. I do wish there were more dimensions of the models shown on the sales page, as this one is almost to short for the job(s) I need it for. The overall height is listed, but the drilling table to chuck distance is not. I would have liked 10 inches or more, but to get this, I can't use the table, I have to mount my vise on the base piece instead and then, there's barely enough room to clamp the work piece in the vice and use a standard drill bit in the chuck. Also, the base can't be swung back & forth to center the work piece like the drilling table can. That being said, this little drill press assembles easy. I didn't even need to open the instruction manual given my experience with shop machinery and it only took about 10 minutes to have it assembled, up and running. It has enough power to drill fairly heavy materials, and is quite sturdy. The spindle is belt driven, and came set to the slowest speed but it is extremely easy (read the directions) to change speeds. The assembled unit is not overly heavy, and really needs to be bolted down to a bench or table to keep it stable when drilling the heavier materials. I really would have liked to see a wider base to give it more stability but then I tend to be pretty heavy handed so that may be a moot point, LOL. It's definitely worth the money and now that I've got it set up the way I need it to be, I'd buy it again if ever needed.

Nice lttle drill press, works good. Seems to be well built.

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!

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.

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.

Solidly constructed. Easy to assemble. This DIYer would buy it again.

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!

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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

It doesn't woth the price