{"id":596,"date":"2019-08-30T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/?p=596"},"modified":"2023-12-18T21:49:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T02:49:56","slug":"best-bench-top-drill-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/best-bench-top-drill-press\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 best bench top drill presses for your projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TLDR; For woodworking and metalworking, the WEN 4208 8 in. 5-Speed Drill Press<\/a> is the most powerful option reviewed. It’s heavy, but still somewhat portable.On the other hand, the Small Benchtop Drill Press | DRL-300.00<\/a> is a great option if you know that you’ll only work on small electronics projects and drilling thin materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A drill press is a must for project that requires a degree of precision. It’s hard to make a good, straight hole with a handheld drill or a rotary tool<\/a> alone. A drill press will help you with this: at its most basic, it’s a drill mounted on a vertical column. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drill presses use standard drill bits and are very similar to normal power drills. There are drill presses are more powerful and can take bigger bits, but many smaller drill presses that you can put on a table or workbench are not that big. They are still powerful enough to do woodworking and a bit of metalworking for your electronics and robotics projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another alternative tool that can do this is a mill, which can handle cutting with the side of the tool instead of just a drill bit and can easily drill at various angles (see our reviews of mini mills<\/a>). On the other hand, mills are more complex to use and expensive; you can already do a lot with a drill press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the bench presses that were considered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n