I am considering purchasing THIS model drill press from Wilton. Anybody have any comments yeah or neah?

Looks nice, although I'm not familiar with (as in never heard of) Wilton. A bit bigger than mine (10" Delta); could come in useful if you decide to build yourself a turntable, etc.

My only thoughts are that it would be nice to have a worklight on the table. My Delta has one and it's immensely helpful. Oh wait, I just caught that it isn't variable speed. That would be a deal breaker for me.

I've got a Delta DP-350.

Looks nice, although I'm not familiar with (as in never heard of) Wilton. A bit bigger than mine (10" Delta); could come in useful if you decide to build yourself a turntable, etc.

I have a few projects in the queue that will need a fair bit of capacity so I need to be able to accomodate at least 5" stock. I am thinking of building a new plinth for my Dual turntable, but that is so far back that it's not even in the queue to get into the queue

My only thoughts are that it would be nice to have a worklight on the table. My Delta has one and it's immensely helpful.

I have several clip-on work lights that I use across the shop where necessary so a built-in work-light while nice is not a necessity.

Oh wait, I just caught that it isn't variable speed. That would be a deal breaker for me.

Yeah but you don't care for stepped attenuators either . I don't see the twelve discrete speeds as being a significant detriment. The variable speed models are significantly more expensive.

Yeah but you don't care for stepped attenuators either . I don't see the twelve discrete speeds as being a significant detriment. The variable speed models are significantly more expensive.

I didn't see that it was variable at all, 12 steps is probably ok as long as you can change it on the fly and don't have to pop a cover and swap belts or some such nonsense.

I really like that it has a tilting table, and it looks like a very well made unit.