From the beginning, Rockwell decided to do things different. Their idea was to build machines that performed like those used by professionals but priced at a level that a hobbiest could afford and when you look at their Rockwell Drill Press line of machines you will see that they accomplished their goal. It’s amazing that [...]
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From milling corn to manufacturing woodworking machines, including the Powermatic Drill Press, at their 40,000 square foot facility in Tennessee. That is the story of Powermatic. Today the innovation that started the Powermatic company seems so simple. Way back in the early 1920′s the original owner, Leonard F. Smith was a timber salesman He sold [...]
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JET JDP-12 Bench Top Drill Press One of the nice things about the JDP12 Jet drill press is that it comes standard with a lot of features that are not available in other comparably priced drill press machines. Things like being able to adjust the speed to the exact speed you want on a continual [...]
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Probably the first question we should answer is “Is a bench top drill press that much more useful than a reversible drill”? A bench top drill press will give you much higher quality and repeatability than any hand held drill. Even the most powerful hand drill can’t come close to matching the torque available from [...]
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The first time I used a Skil drill press (actually the Skil 3320 drill press) I was surprised. Not that I’m a name brand power tool snob but I, up until then, had kind of thought that the Skil brand quality didn’t meet the standards I was used to. My shop is filled with Bosch, [...]
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