Well, a half-price sale at Lowes on the B&D Firestorm drill press was too much for me to resist. Factoring in a $10 off coupon on purchases of $50+, I can claim that I purchased a 10" DP for $39.50 . That is less than I paid for 11lbs of dry cat food (important spouse negotiating point). It went together fairly quickly and spins a 1" forstner bit OK. There's some wobble, but I think I can cure that with correctly seating the chuck on the tapered shaft. If I need more power than the 3.2A motor, there's always the option of a new motor from Grizzly.
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