Comments on: Jet JDP-12 12-Inch Drill Press with Digital Readout

By: Rick Domenico "woodaholic"

Rick Domenico "woodaholic" — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:13:35 +0000

disappointed 0

By: Richard L. Sancibrian

Richard L. Sancibrian — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:12:37 +0000

Jet JDP-12 12″ Drill Press For the price, this is a very high quality drill press. For my use it is perfect. I really like the safety feature of the chuck key which prevents one from accidentally leaving the chuck key in the chuck. It has a spring loaded tip that requires you to keep an inward pressure on the key while tightening or loosening the chuck. As soon as you no longer apply inward pressure on the key, it pushes it self out of the chuck keeping it in your hand. Very nice safety feature.Another nice feature is the ‘on/off” switch is located on the front of the drill press and to turn it on, you pull it towards you, thus if something should go haywire (like not securing the drilled object down and it gets away from you), you can shut the drill press down with your forehead. Hopefully one would not get themselves in this type of situation, but sometimes even the best of us makes an error, and your head is the closes thing to the switch. The laser light is nice as is the work light. A nice…

By: A. DANILOFF "Conscious American"

A. DANILOFF "Conscious American" — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:55:47 +0000

Good design but sloppy Chinese implementation Given the number of bearings used in this drill press It is a very well engineered, solid and stable machine with almost zero runout. Comparing this Jet bench top drill press to that rattling POS 12″ Ryobi, which I bought initially and returned right away, is like comparing a Rolls-Royce and Ugo. However, given that sad fact that this Jet drill press was assembled in China, and in my professional experience Chinese generally don’t give a damn about quality, my new drill press came with the following flaws:1. Depth gauge lock collar (part JDP12-35) was broken and its pan head screw and hex nut were missing.2. Tilt scale indicator (part JDP12-135) was cracked.3. Left laser (part JDP12-47) has a beam three times wider than the right one.4. Support roller (part JDP12-25) is deformed and out of cylindrical shape on one end.When I pay a good money for something, I demand quality and nothing but the quality!!!I’m going to order…