Misc #2 - Unboxing the Bosch PBD 40 bench drill

For a couple of years now I've persisted with my old, thoroughly sketchy, "drill press guide", or whatever you want to call it, but the other week I finally had enough.

I can't afford a proper drill press nor do I have place to put it so I decided to give what Bosch calls a bench drill a try (although I still think it's a drill press, even though it's placed on a workbench).

First impressions are nice and what little I've had time to use it I like it.

Let me know in the comments if I should do a follow up video when I've used it more.

Thanks for watching!

[davefieldhouse]

You got a good one bro…. No guard attached 👍

[jonathanoakey]

Thanks, I have one of these and I think it's great. I'm about to move, and your unboxing video was very helpful for me to know how to pack it back in the original box! :)

[haadlemhok]

Thanks, I have one of these and I think it's great

[thespanielinquisition]

I have this drill press and its been fantastic - I built a large custom CNC machine with it and its a great lightweight and very well featured machine for the money. I like that I can shove it under the workbench without breaking my back

[RobertPetersonPhotography]

Thanks Martin for the unboxing video. I have been looking at getting some kind of drill press, even the old "drill press guide" style as you called it. I need something to drill 90 degree holes. I have also thought about making my own wooden DIY drill press like you can find on youtube. I really like the features of the Bosch PBD 40, you mentioned the wobble in the chuck, but did you check if it is 90 degrees square in all directions? Thanks.

[Precivilization]

Thanks for the video. You should have gotten Arboga, one of the best drill presses exist today, and made in Sweden :)

[louiemorais]

I watched this video before ordering mine and I thought it was a really nice size. Ok, dude, how tall are you? Because I am watching this video again with my PBD 40 in front of the computer and yours looks half the size of mine.

[Chrisc]

Good honest review, been looking at this drill for sometime, how's it going 3 years on? Many Thanks

[Link]

Tjena ! Låter som den är högljud eller är de bara ljudet som blev högre när du spelade in ? Funderar på byta upp mig från en äldre som va min fars gamla men som knappt orkar nåt ! Kul du vloggar o annat jag prenumererar ! :)

[bricofast]

Germany tools the best electronic speed very nice.😍😘😁

[GenePavlovsky]

I just got a PBD 40 as a birthday gift.
Got a question, not sure if I can explain it clearly enough: when I rotate the wheel to move the drill press, I can feel the teeth on the rack (i.e. for every height of one tooth there is a slight "notch" in the feeling). If I move the wheel fast, I also hear a corresponding sound. Is it supposed to be like this, or should the rack&pinion system be fully smooth, like car's steering?
Also, after moving the drill up and down on the column, parts of the column got covered with a thin layer of black residue (oil, I guess), I guess that's normal and I should wipe&re-oil from time to time?

[kyfisher]

Your raising and lowering it wrong, read the manual.

[antoniojota]

Uma pena não ter no mercado brasileiro 😢

[MrStringybark]

Sounds like a noisy universal motor not an induction motor.

[elfwing]

I am thinking about getting this one ...
Are you still happy with it?

[backtoearth]

wow that has an obscene amount of run out