Gareth0123
You'll need 16 pigs to do the job in one sitting!
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You can bolt down to a bench or the floor, swing around and angle tilt the tables of any/all of the brands.
I like heavy casings not because I have the machine free standing and steady under its own weight, but because I don't want any undue flexing and movement that will effect accuracy. As previously mentioned the Warco is about 20kg heavier than my Sealey, but my Sealey has a wobble in the quill that can affect drilling accuracy with all sizes of bit and it has a slight but detectable flex in the casting when using large diameter drills and the larger hole-saws.
Both my friend and I use our tools and equipment commercially albeit we are both small one-man operations. Jonathan needs reasonably accurate holes of 5, 6, 8 & 10 mm when making registrars for small castings etc. I can some times drill 1000+ X 8, 10 & 12 mm holes in a day, or hole-saw 10-25 X 75, 100 or 125 mm holes in 4-6 mm Durbar plate, and I have a regular qty 18, 36, 54 or 72 of, off set weld prep cut that I make with a 75 mm hole-saw in the flat section of 10 X 30 mm M/S flat bar; so I have not got all of the teeth of the hole-saw engaged when cutting..... quill run-out or casting flex is really a no-no.
As for Axminster tools bench drills and sanders, etc. I have found the accuracy, quality and durability to be no better than B&Q's "Pro tools" Silverline or Kinzo.
You pays your money and takes your choice................ and then you have to rectify any issues as they occur... and I'd rather keep the time consuming rework to an absolute bare minimum.
I like heavy casings not because I have the machine free standing and steady under its own weight, but because I don't want any undue flexing and movement that will effect accuracy. As previously mentioned the Warco is about 20kg heavier than my Sealey, but my Sealey has a wobble in the quill that can affect drilling accuracy with all sizes of bit and it has a slight but detectable flex in the casting when using large diameter drills and the larger hole-saws.
Both my friend and I use our tools and equipment commercially albeit we are both small one-man operations. Jonathan needs reasonably accurate holes of 5, 6, 8 & 10 mm when making registrars for small castings etc. I can some times drill 1000+ X 8, 10 & 12 mm holes in a day, or hole-saw 10-25 X 75, 100 or 125 mm holes in 4-6 mm Durbar plate, and I have a regular qty 18, 36, 54 or 72 of, off set weld prep cut that I make with a 75 mm hole-saw in the flat section of 10 X 30 mm M/S flat bar; so I have not got all of the teeth of the hole-saw engaged when cutting..... quill run-out or casting flex is really a no-no.
As for Axminster tools bench drills and sanders, etc. I have found the accuracy, quality and durability to be no better than B&Q's "Pro tools" Silverline or Kinzo.
You pays your money and takes your choice................ and then you have to rectify any issues as they occur... and I'd rather keep the time consuming rework to an absolute bare minimum.
