Wilton Drill Press any good?
Wilton at one time used to make some pretty darn good stuff, however
now most of what they make mimicks the import crap..........I looked
at a Wilton metal cutting bandsaw a few years back, and it IMHO was
cheezy for the asking price.....Thats what prompted me to make my own
20" 3-wheel metal cutting bandsaw which is as good as any Wilton or
Jet IMHO. Other than a crapped out speed control which I had bought
used, its worked like a champ, has never had any problems and its used
hard all the time. I do not know what DoAll or others could offer in
the way of improvements or doing it any better but if it works it
works.......but I still hate paying for junk .
Years back when the local HF opened up here I was in the market for a
drill press myself. I went through 3 HF floor models that had such
excessive runout and slop, and left a lot to be desired. Then I
stumbled on an old Delta, which is a real champ. We had a Wiolton DP,
as well as 3 Deltas of various sizes at work, and the Wilton was a
much better drill press than those newer Deltas were, but the Wilton
was also an older model so that probably has a lot to do with it.
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