Lidl - Parkside Bench Pillar Drill

Ho-ho - and Aldi!

Scheppach Digital Pillar Drill

Possibly the only commonality is the colour of the plastic parts

I meant in terms of ideas/concept rather than physically.

I bought (a similar) one when it was £60. It seemed a good idea at the time, although I have barely used it.

Parkside Bench Pillar Drill with Electronic Speed Control £ 149.00

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Maybe I'm missing something but neither seem to mention the maximum throat depth

Which appears to be small as compared with more conventional drill stands.

The base is aluminium and is designed to be screwed into a bench. While the composition of the pillar - ideally solid steel - is unknown. Inconvenient as it may be transport/display/sales wise, sheer weight is a useful quality in stationary power tools.

michael adams

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Much depends on what kind of wok you need to do - it has quite a small capacity by the looks of it.

I have the older fixed motor speed one. It replaced a B&Q Performance Power one which broke the trades description act as the one thing it didn't have was power. Easy to stall on the lowest gear when using a hole saw, etc. The Lidl one is fine power wise - a much larger induction motor. But was smaller from chuck to bed. So made one out of the two - the pillar being the same diameter.

It's given sterling service - especially at the low price. Only real complaint is the on/off switch. If you don't push the off switch firmly, it doesn't latch on.

Looking at the latest one, I'd like a review from a trusted source before buying, since it's very different to a traditional pillar drill.

Chow mein? :-)

Yes - it does look limited in that regard. I was in half a mind to remount the drilling bit somehow.