Love my new drill press,very impressive tool,easy to use and fast delivery,customer service was quick to reply which means alot to me

I ordered the 12-inch 6.2-A Professional Bench Drill Press with IIIA Laser and Work Light for my husband. He is impressed with it and it is a great new tool to meet his needs. He has it mounted on a work table in his shop and seems to be very satisfied with it.

First of all I haven’t really used it. But here is my initial experience so far and tips. Seems like a great unit.

1) Packaging was great minus the brittle styrofoam but it protected it and that’s what matters.

2) The variable speed arm was very stiff. Emailed customer support and they sent me a picture of the nut that needed to be loosened. Just a smidge loosened and it is now smooth.

3) The run out (wobble) on the bit was initially .004 or .005 inches. Probably would have been fine but not good enough for my “OCD”. No debris I side the chuck. So I decided to remove the chuck all together and reinstall it.

Initially I used a rubber mallet to install it. The second time I used a piece of wood with a mallet. I made sure the wood was flush and even with the bottom of the chuck before knocking into place. Now the run out (wobble) is only .001 inches! Holy smokes!

4) There is a very good YouTube video on this drill press and made another comparing it to the WEN. He was mistaken with one aspect, the drill can be locked stationary at the lowest level. Just got to use the travel adjustment screw while it is at the lowest setting and make sure the drill is lowered all the way down. That YouTuber made a 3D part in order to lock it down in place. Interesting but totally not needed. He never updated or commented on his error. But still good closeout video.

Went with this one for the power, size, variable speed, and the travel adjustment. No other drill in this class matched the feature set of Bucktool 12 inch. If you look close at the other brands, they are almost all the same. These companies just add a bit of their own twist to make them different. Base plates, variable speed, travel adjustment, button layout. Bucktool seems as if they adapted all the best features from the rest of the companies and put it into one machine.

I think I am confident in it. Seems very solid and very little plastic. Extremely heavy and awkward to move. Currently sitting in my kitchen waiting for me to make space for it in my future workshop.

The drill press was packaged very well, assuring safe delivery, which was early. The press itself was easily assembled. I’ve only used it for three days now, and am very happy with its performance. The laser and light are a nice feature.

I like it but The speed display does not work.