To exercise your right to cancel you must inform us (Details here) of your decision to cancel the contract by a clear statement (eg a letter sent by post, fax or e-mail. I like the simple but practical parallel bar which is easy to move and has a flat upright which means you can clamp to it in addition to using the hold down clamp. Some slight movement of drill chuck when drill engages work but less than many i have used in the past. What’s lost from an adjustable baseplate is compensated for by the built-in clamp and adjustable parallel guide fence. There is little side to side movement in the drill shaft, and the movement in chuck spindle is horrendous.

You tighten it by hand and turn a locking ring but I am sure I will get used to that and it seems to hold the drill bit securely and accurately.We’re very impressed with the machine, which, despite having an official maximum drilling diameter of 40 mm in wood, was more than capable of drilling a 90 mm Forstner bit into hard oak (but always take care when pushing a machien beyond its stated limits). The depth guage is great, the electronic speed control works well, the clamp is useful and the size, reach, depth and chuck size all adequate. I'm planning some very precise drilling in the future (eg on a PCB) and I'm sure I'll find this annoying. I'm not entirely sure why Bosch didn't supply it with a keyed Chuck in the first place but there you go. I bought this drill because i need to drill accurate bolt holes in my model aircraft propellers amonst other things.

Yes, the travel could be limiting, except that I do exactly as you suggested and move the head down once the hole has reached "bottom". This took another week to arrive and once again the bosch seal had been broken but the drill and packaging looked ok so i accepted it. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It seems a good choice for me as most of the holes I drill are in long flat pieces of timber which is nigh on impossible to do on my pillar drill. The PBD 40 bench drill is especially accurate and very easy to use thanks to its technical features, with a 710 watt universal motor replacing the classical belt drive found in conventional bench drills.Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). Chuck play:The chuck does have a bit of play, meaning it can move very slightly sideways if I push it. The laser cross-hairs are spot on and much more useful than you would think, and it works on 3mm mild steel. You’ll get exclusive subscriber offers, and more projects, ideas, and inspiration than you can shake a toolbox at. Taking the machine out of its box, I noticed that it felt quite weighty - usually a good sign of a well engineered product.

For most jobs it seems to grip the bit just fine but when fitted with a 35mm forstner bit, and drilling into 18mm ply the bit had a tendency to slip in the Chuck which is less than ideal. Bunnings did replace it, at first they wanted to send it back for repair, after a heated discussion, the manager agreed to replace with a new one. I've now had this for 4 months, so i would like to think I can now give a sensible, calculated review. The perfect speed adjustments, and it''s easy to dial in exactly what you need from 200 to 3,000 rpm.IMHO the lack of strength compared to a lump of cast iron is far outweighed by the features of this nifty DP with variable speed, fabulous digital depth readout and quick setup. It looks quite small in the pictures but i have a compound slide table with a tilting vice fitted and i can still fit a forstner bit and drill through 100mm pieces of wood.