"Stephen" wrote in message
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On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 18:56:12 +0000, Bob Minchin
wrote:

50mm quill travel is quite limiting and you will have to raise and lower
the table regularly in the steps of drilling from pilot drill to final
size, thus losing centre accuracy.

What figure do you think is a reasonable figure to look for?

Really depends on what you are likely to do with it. That would
be fine for anything I am likely to do with one and I don't recall
I ever used anything more than that on the much bigger and
more expensive ones I was free to use at work.

If you thought about the motor it could not be anything else but an
induction motor - universal motors would be far too fast to drop the
speed simply with belts.
Don't expect much from the laser in the way of accuracy.

Are there better? yes of course but you will have to pay a proper price

What models were you thinking of (and yes, it would be for DIY use
most likely with wood rather than blocks of metal)