Precision Aluminum Drill Guide from Banggood

This drill guide is only a little bit more than they are charging for the cheap plastic drill guides. Yet this is made out of machined aluminum. It is rock solid. It just has a couple of minor flaws in my opinion But for the price, I don't think you can find a better guide. Below is a link to where you can get one from being good dot com.
www.banggood.com/custlink/GGv...

[@jaimeecaballeros9742]

Hi there
I really like that you are not pushing to sell as other TH-camrs there, you’re honest and not trying to impress.
I have been considering to get this tool, I’ll take your comments and review it will help me to further consider buying.
I have nothing against Asian countries but I think this could easily be US produced.
I’d love for an American Tool company to make tools like these at reasonable prices. I know. There is Woodpeckers as an American entity but super expensive. Somewhere in the middle, American made is what we need. Thanks for your review

[@ShopRamblings]

I agree it would be better if we could buy American made.

[@paulcrowley2682]

Have to say i bought the “improved” version and found the chuck carriage stuck like yours. This made using the drill guide awkward. I contacted banggood support who reached out to the maker. They sent me a new pair of handle supports and these have worked a treat, chuck bounces back up smoothly now.

[@ShopRamblings]

I guess I should have contacted them.

[@BasilsWorks461-uo8bq]

I agree, the 5-degree mark looks way too obvious not to have a purpose. If you were to use that mark as your zero, then depending on which direction you went you would have positive stops at +/- 5 degrees for each of the detents. I can see that being a great place to screw up.

[@ShopRamblings]

The jig seems to be built well. It is a shame that a few small details can make it seem worse than it could be.

[@YTubeSDD]

Thanks for the video. That 5 degrees thing on one side seems like it must have been on purpose, but I can't think of why.

[@ShopRamblings]

That is my thoughts to.

[@johnrice6793]

Very well done.
The guide has features my Woodpeckers does not have. I’ll bet the price is significantly less. The quality may be not exactly what Woodpecker’s drill guide is but the features are way above the Woodpecker’s guide. I believe it’s superior to my Woodpeckers drill guide. The 5 degree off-set? Beats me!!🤜🤛
Again, nicely done.👍👍

[@ShopRamblings]

I think it is about $90. I bought one for $40 and it was all plastic. It seems they have the precision machines to make quality products. This is a new item. They just need that last 10% to refine their design.

[@user-tp5ud6qf5l]

How do you expect to get accurate measurement of the angles on a ruff cut piece of wood?

[@ShopRamblings]

That may be why it was off.

[@lorrainebayford177]

Looks like it was made for Woodpeckers. 😳😳

[@ShopRamblings]

I have never seen theirs. All I know is this old it high quality.

[@Flightdevildoc]

A new improved version just came out 2 months, evaluated by Dennis, from Hooked On Wood, th-cam.com/video/rv0886uEfn8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=i2tOO6kOm5aVyXtb. Those problems were resolved and new version works like a charm.

[@ShopRamblings]

I will have to add it to my need to buy list.