You can get good value from second hand "quality" tools, e.g. I bought a mid range welder and similar air compressor from ebay at below entry level prices, although both of them needed slight fettling.
Perhaps I have been lucky, only my Silverline half inch router is really disappointing (and it just about coped with the kitchen worksurface fitting which I bought it for).
Only use I have for an old drill stand permanently fitted with an even older mains drill is for drilling lots of holes in thick wood. My cheap drill press has a maximum travel of 50mm - the drill stand rather more. So can be useful if you have a long enough drill.
Sounds a lot easier than loosesning the chuck and dropping the bit further into the workpiece to get another inch.
NT
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