*Bought as a gift for my son and his second grade son to use on a Pinewood Derby car. Wanted something relatively safe and able to be packed away when not in use. Worked well. **MyBest.Tools** Easy to use and set up. Case provides good storage.*
Went and got one of these after watching a few reviews but this video sealed the deal as you covered some great points and the ease of use looked nice. Plus I see what you make and if that drill sits well in your shop, then that works for me. Thanks
That's a great little tool. Until now, wasn't aware Bosch even did a drill press. Just looked it up here in NL and it's available. Decent price for a lot of features. Thanks!
My friend bought this drill press for our shop, because the old one was getting old. I was watching your video when you showed the other drill press you have, and I was pretty shocked when I saw it''s exactly the same as our old one! What are the odds ahahaha. We live in Switzerland by the way, so not much around the corner.
Thanks again Andy honest review it seems a good drill compared to my Parkside. The speed control is very good no moving of belts which takes up a lot of time
I bought this drill after watching this video. One of my Best purchases of 2019. It's hard to understand why not all drill presses use digital step-motors instead of belts. It's certainly not because of price or power, as this Bosh unit proves.
Because frequency driven motors don’t actually have an increasing torque curve when slowed down. While a transmission system actually does increase torque when stepping down in speed. So in all, you lose speed and gain nothing. In this case the nothing is used to give the ability to drill harder materials.
I was interested in this drill press when I noticed it in one of your videos. It's quite an odd tool in that it's Bosch green - seems quite specialised for a green tool which are normally the sort of DIY/home gamer range of Bosch tools. I can see the appeal of a drill press like this though, traditional belt/pulley drill presses can be a real hassle to change speeds. Thanks for the video, I'm even more interested in this drill press now :)
Great video! for a video idea could you do a video about those hultafors chisels, I really wanted to get the heavy duty ones but there is very little content on them>
4:06 - What do you mean by "digital stop"? AFAIK, this model doesn't have the option to automatically stop based on depth. Do you just mean looking at the display and not pushing down any more?
Forgot to show the emergency safety feature, when you need to stop the drill immediately you just hit that big red power switch front of it and it will stop unit. Normal operation is turn it Off-On-Rotate. But pressing it will kick off it. Sorry if missed that in video for somehow...
Hi can you flip the base completely around so it’s facing backwards. Would like to mount on a stand so I can mount the work price under so the column doesn’t get in the way.
@@ManorWood thanks for your reply mate by the looks of it it probably does but I would imagine the screw hole to stop the column from rotating from side to side will probably be mounted in the back and not in the front. its a much better design than the traditional drill press imo. I got a loan of an old Clarke drill press from my uncle and although its very good height adjustment between the base plate and the middle base can be a pain. not to mention all the mucking about when you want to change speeds. you should check out what this German guy done to his without hacking it up. th-cam.com/video/g5ZADSfxros/w-d-xo.html I am thinking of doing something like this but somehow still incorporating the original base to use as normal.
I liked you video on the Bosch drill. I've had one for about two years now and it gets daily use. I can say that it has many great features, but the digital depth read out no longer functions, it self zeros partway through the job. the laser is not accurate at all and only focuses sharply at certain heights. the head has significant sideways movement . If you have to raise the head to accommodate a longer drill bit when drilling concentric holes the alignment is lost. The rack and pinion used for raising and lowering often feels rough and starts to bind. If you are looking for accuracy then I would not recommend one of these drills.
Hi, can this drill have its body swing 180 degrees around the main post to the back so that base plate is out of the way, to drill some thick or long stock, or dog holes on a bench? Thank you !
Hi, just watched your video again, to see how you used the depth stop on yours as I just got mine today, all great but the depth stop stays at 00 no matter what, if I move the drill up or down or even try to reset to 00 it still stays a 00. Am I missing something or do I need to send it back. BTW the display changes fine when showing the speed. Many thanks for your great video and any help you can give. Regards Tony
I am wanting to cut a lot of mortices and had a look at a morticing attachment. These attach to a vertical sliding rod on a drill press. Is it correct to say that a morticing attachment cannot be fitted to this Bosch PBD40 machine?
Hi, Quick question, is the wheel and up and down motion smooth and controlled when operating it, or can you feel the teeth and jerkiness of movement because of that? Another one I have, when you let go the wheel will the machine go up on her own or does is stay in position, height wise, where you left it? Just received mine and it is certainly used not new one :(, with hard operating wheel, where the teeth can be felt and it does not come back up (the limiter is not engaged). Also the depth measurement is broken :(
First thing I always Chuck straight into the trash when I buy a new tool: The gimmicky lasers they put on everything nowadays. About the only tools that I find a laser useful on is my circular saw and my EDC pistol.
Great review, really liked it :) 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?
I own one myself, but I am quite disappointed about the "play" in the spindle. If it were a lathe or other machine, I would say the ball bearings are worn out. Made in China... Besides, when you drill out the plugs, that should be done out on the edge of the plank. Then the sawdust will come out, less friction and less smoke. Best way to do this is using a thin piece of wood and cut the whole row of plugs off with the bandsaw.
I have not had a problem with play for how in use the drill , this was a very old plug cutter which is why the smoke happen but still cuts usable plug and I thought the smoke looked good for TH-cam :)
Actually you can. That is why you have the big hole in the aluminum table. You simply set drill on the sheet and then you drill through the table. This is where your laser and light comes very handy. This doesn't work if you mount whole drill to table. But you can't do that at all with those typical drill presses as your pole denies the sheet. Unlike this that you move on the sheet. This is reason why I keep my drill free floating on table. I don't now recall the hole diameter in the table but IIRC it was 35mm. So you can't use hole drills etc large diameter drill bits. But the typical ones works great. But I do recommend at larger surfaces a hand router.....
I really want to like this drill press but that amount of quill/bearing runout is, frankly, awful. I guess that's why the tool is dressed in Bosch Green not Bosch Blue. Now if they bought out a Blue line version without the runout I'd have it, even if it cost twice as much.
It is clearly not aimed at someone willing and able to spend £1500 on a drill press. Since Bosch have never released a blue version of their drill press I must presume they’ve determined it is not worth their while to do so. The green one meanwhile clearly meets many customers’ needs and overall gets good reviews.
@@ian1352 The problem with the good reviews is that a lot of them will be from people who don't know what runout is or have never used a good machine to compare this to or simply do not want to admit that they've been sold a pup (nobody does)
Interesting that it is Bosch green. I thought Bosch green was meant for home and diy (lower end in quality and accuracy). Can't see the average person needing something like this.
Bosch's green range has a few tools aimed more at the workshop and hobbyists. Workbenches for example are only available in green. Unfortunately, Bosch have no intention of producing a blue model of this drill - I did ask. Part of the reason is that the blue division is aimed more at site work and construction so a bench drill press doesn't really fit with the range. Still, blue or green, this is quite a nice drill. I do sometimes wish it had a little more grunt, not that it's ever failed me in that regard.
Yes, it is little strange thing. But I could imagine that professional heavy duty drill press is such a device that Bosch doesn't want to compete there in price range. Like you have then devices that cost thousands and literally needs to be "heavy duty" for decades to come. Like look at the Nova Voyager DVR. Bosch goes straight to amateurs market where you can have great market penetration.
I drill and thread various alloys every day. My machine is rigid and accurate, fully manual, originally made in 1942. It's been modified and rebuilt, last time by me personally, and has a runout of around a tenth (.0001") with a Rohm keyless chuck. Going straight in with a quality drill, no reaming, results in a hole that's 1-2 thou over. This machine drills more than 1000 holes every month without skipping a beat, each hole as accurate as the last. That's professional performance. Actually, just checked a number of holes with gage pins yesterday, as I do fairly often. An inside mic is more accurate, but also takes more time. It's easy to see how the Bosch would suit a wood hobbyist. Someone like a jeweler, as well. I like it for what it is. The Nova, OTOH, IMO is a video game posing as a tool. No confidence in the product.
Excellent review!
Not all reviewers have disclosed so much points. Thank you very much!
Your video was just like one from Gordon Ramsey straight to the point with no waffle .
*Bought as a gift for my son and his second grade son to use on a Pinewood Derby car. Wanted something relatively safe and able to be packed away when not in use. Worked well. **MyBest.Tools** Easy to use and set up. Case provides good storage.*
Went and got one of these after watching a few reviews but this video sealed the deal as you covered some great points and the ease of use looked nice. Plus I see what you make and if that drill sits well in your shop, then that works for me. Thanks
Thanks I have just purchased one and just getting the hang of it, great review
Brilliant idea mounting it that way. Great review 👍
This is such a good one. I was searching on internet about this Bosch but not much I found. This is great. Thank you!
That's a great little tool. Until now, wasn't aware Bosch even
did a drill press. Just looked it up here in NL and it's available. Decent price for a lot of features. Thanks!
Excellent will certainly cover most of my needs ... thanks Michael
Neat review- looks a handy bit of kit , thanks for posting 😎
My friend bought this drill press for our shop, because the old one was getting old. I was watching your video when you showed the other drill press you have, and I was pretty shocked when I saw it''s exactly the same as our old one! What are the odds ahahaha. We live in Switzerland by the way, so not much around the corner.
Thanks, this was really useful, no-nonsense real world opinion !
Your shop is great. The whole profile bench thing is quite genius.
Great video. I just bought this drill. thanks for the added information.
Awesome demonstration.
I bought one of these Bosch drill presses and am quite happy with it.
Thanks mate,great wee vid👍
Nice review, short & sweet ;-). Thanks a lot!
Thanks again Andy honest review it seems a good drill compared to my Parkside. The speed control is very good no moving of belts which takes up a lot of time
Awesome review there, mate. 👍
That has oodles of neat features. 👌
I wish we could get these in US. Having 1 arm/leg, as a woodworker, makes changing belt speeds a nightmare.
Hi There, Love the simple review. Have you done the a video on how you made the drill press station. It looks pretty functional.
I really appreciated this video when it first came out. I'm now ready to buy one and just wondered if it still gets the thumbs up from you?
Definitely mate I use it all the time and I love it
You have a great set up there!
Really helpful review, much appreciated!
Very good review! No just bitching about.....
Great vid... & nice stand!
I bought this drill after watching this video. One of my Best purchases of 2019.
It's hard to understand why not all drill presses use digital step-motors instead of belts. It's certainly not because of price or power, as this Bosh unit proves.
Ace !! I love mine !!
Because frequency driven motors don’t actually have an increasing torque curve when slowed down. While a transmission system actually does increase torque when stepping down in speed. So in all, you lose speed and gain nothing. In this case the nothing is used to give the ability to drill harder materials.
Good to her an English accent, thank you!
I was interested in this drill press when I noticed it in one of your videos.
It's quite an odd tool in that it's Bosch green - seems quite specialised for a green tool which are normally the sort of DIY/home gamer range of Bosch tools. I can see the appeal of a drill press like this though, traditional belt/pulley drill presses can be a real hassle to change speeds.
Thanks for the video, I'm even more interested in this drill press now :)
excellent review
Super video
Bosh good!
thx so much. nice workbench
Great video! for a video idea could you do a video about those hultafors chisels, I really wanted to get the heavy duty ones but there is very little content on them>
Bosch biutiful tool and electrónic speed.
Great review ! Thanks
ordered mine get it tomorrow
great real review, nice tool
Thanks a good review, be interested if there are any competitors and how much these cost in England?
Hi mate, have you ever used it with mortise cutting bits, best video I have seen on works
Hop tools thanks.
Cheers , no I haven’t
What is that extruded profile system with the attachment bits you're using? Looks amazingly practical. Thanks.
Best review!
4:06 - What do you mean by "digital stop"? AFAIK, this model doesn't have the option to automatically stop based on depth. Do you just mean looking at the display and not pushing down any more?
Forgot to show the emergency safety feature, when you need to stop the drill immediately you just hit that big red power switch front of it and it will stop unit.
Normal operation is turn it Off-On-Rotate. But pressing it will kick off it.
Sorry if missed that in video for somehow...
A1 reveiw.
Hi can you flip the base completely around so it’s facing backwards. Would like to mount on a stand so I can mount the work price under so the column doesn’t get in the way.
Not sure have thought about that it’s a good idea
@@ManorWood thanks for your reply mate by the looks of it it probably does but I would imagine the screw hole to stop the column from rotating from side to side will probably be mounted in the back and not in the front. its a much better design than the traditional drill press imo. I got a loan of an old Clarke drill press from my uncle and although its very good height adjustment between the base plate and the middle base can be a pain. not to mention all the mucking about when you want to change speeds. you should check out what this German guy done to his without hacking it up. th-cam.com/video/g5ZADSfxros/w-d-xo.html I am thinking of doing something like this but somehow still incorporating the original base to use as normal.
I liked you video on the Bosch drill.
I've had one for about two years now and it gets daily use. I can say that it has many great features, but the digital depth read out no longer functions, it self zeros partway through the job. the laser is not accurate at all and only focuses sharply at certain heights. the head has significant sideways movement . If you have to raise the head to accommodate a longer drill bit when drilling concentric holes the alignment is lost. The rack and pinion used for raising and lowering often feels rough and starts to bind. If you are looking for accuracy then I would not recommend one of these drills.
Can you recommend any other drill press without a belt drive in this consumer price range? In my case it's not for daily use.
@@Spik3rSuppa I really don't think there is any better in the price range. I'm getting one for sure.
What is the advantages of controlling the speed vs drilling with fixed rpm
Thanks for no crap.
Hi, can this drill have its body swing 180 degrees around the main post to the back so that base plate is out of the way, to drill some thick or long stock, or dog holes on a bench? Thank you !
Hi, just watched your video again, to see how you used the depth stop on yours as I just got mine today, all great but the depth stop stays at 00 no matter what, if I move the drill up or down or even try to reset to 00 it still stays a 00. Am I missing something or do I need to send it back. BTW the display changes fine when showing the speed.
Many thanks for your great video and any help you can give. Regards Tony
Sound wrong , I just hit zero when bit hits stock and then it works
@@ManorWood
Many thanks, I've just sent it back and Hamazon is sending me another for tomorrow. Many thanks :-)
Amazon usa doesn't list this product. Where did you buy it from
Amazon uk
Is it able to tap threads with or would you be able to do manually by chuck twisting
I am wanting to cut a lot of mortices and had a look at a morticing attachment. These attach to a vertical sliding rod on a drill press. Is it correct to say that a morticing attachment cannot be fitted to this Bosch PBD40 machine?
Dis gud, me like.
Can you attach a Mortis on to pbd?
Hi,
Quick question, is the wheel and up and down motion smooth and controlled when operating it, or can you feel the teeth and jerkiness of movement because of that?
Another one I have, when you let go the wheel will the machine go up on her own or does is stay in position, height wise, where you left it?
Just received mine and it is certainly used not new one :(, with hard operating wheel, where the teeth can be felt and it does not come back up (the limiter is not engaged). Also the depth measurement is broken :(
First thing I always Chuck straight into the trash when I buy a new tool: The gimmicky lasers they put on everything nowadays. About the only tools that I find a laser useful on is my circular saw and my EDC pistol.
I like most of your tools. Got a lot of the same. But Bosch drill press.... I say Taknatool Voyager DVR? Not something for you?
Voyager its a great drill press. but I don't do much so its a bit over kill for me.. I would like a digital floor standing radial press one day :)
Manor Wood you are right!
Hey mate great video. Are you able to tell me the dimensions of the original base plate please in mm? I can’t find this info anywhere, thanks
front to back is 350mm x325mm side to side approx,hope this helps.
pey carden... great thanks for that
In estonia the cheapest cost 284 euro, did i buy?
Great review, really liked it :)
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?
I own one myself, but I am quite disappointed about the "play" in the spindle. If it were a lathe or other machine, I would say the ball bearings are worn out. Made in China...
Besides, when you drill out the plugs, that should be done out on the edge of the plank. Then the sawdust will come out, less friction and less smoke. Best way to do this is using a thin piece of wood and cut the whole row of plugs off with the bandsaw.
I have not had a problem with play for how in use the drill , this was a very old plug cutter which is why the smoke happen but still cuts usable plug and I thought the smoke looked good for TH-cam :)
Nothing to do with where it is made. Bosch decides the standards to which their products are made.
He wasn’t showing the best way to make plugs, just displaying it’s power…don’t be so critical…🙄
If you have to drill in the middle of a big board how do you use this Bosch ?
You can not
Actually you can. That is why you have the big hole in the aluminum table. You simply set drill on the sheet and then you drill through the table. This is where your laser and light comes very handy.
This doesn't work if you mount whole drill to table. But you can't do that at all with those typical drill presses as your pole denies the sheet. Unlike this that you move on the sheet.
This is reason why I keep my drill free floating on table.
I don't now recall the hole diameter in the table but IIRC it was 35mm. So you can't use hole drills etc large diameter drill bits. But the typical ones works great.
But I do recommend at larger surfaces a hand router.....
@@paristo - thanks for that
I really want to like this drill press but that amount of quill/bearing runout is, frankly, awful. I guess that's why the tool is dressed in Bosch Green not Bosch Blue. Now if they bought out a Blue line version without the runout I'd have it, even if it cost twice as much.
th-cam.com/video/t7_qIrmF0Xw/w-d-xo.html
@@ManorWood I was looking at this last year. It's a thing of beauty.
It is clearly not aimed at someone willing and able to spend £1500 on a drill press.
Since Bosch have never released a blue version of their drill press I must presume they’ve determined it is not worth their while to do so. The green one meanwhile clearly meets many customers’ needs and overall gets good reviews.
@@ian1352 The problem with the good reviews is that a lot of them will be from people who don't know what runout is or have never used a good machine to compare this to or simply do not want to admit that they've been sold a pup (nobody does)
😎
Where did you buy the clips and alu bars?
Ruwi for the clips , I have lots of videos about the profile which came from KJN
Did the laser reach you badly balanced?
No was fine
How do you unset the debth? Just turn it off or?
Reset button
@@ManorWood i bought Scheppach DP40...Absolutley the same machine....same spec....a lot less money
@@TheAlogoc Scheppach DP40 copys it :DD did it same good that bosch?
@@janis2001 99% same... its very good
@@TheAlogoc in estonia its Scheppach cost 249 euro vs bosch 284 euro (thats cheapest and 25% down, old price 379 euro)
No reverse...
£199 on Amazon at the moment….bargain!
Interesting that it is Bosch green. I thought Bosch green was meant for home and diy (lower end in quality and accuracy). Can't see the average person needing something like this.
Bosch's green range has a few tools aimed more at the workshop and hobbyists. Workbenches for example are only available in green. Unfortunately, Bosch have no intention of producing a blue model of this drill - I did ask. Part of the reason is that the blue division is aimed more at site work and construction so a bench drill press doesn't really fit with the range. Still, blue or green, this is quite a nice drill. I do sometimes wish it had a little more grunt, not that it's ever failed me in that regard.
Bosch doesn't have the blue color press for professionals. Only this green color one for diy market. Very odd
Mine is green , from amazing Uk
Yes, it is little strange thing. But I could imagine that professional heavy duty drill press is such a device that Bosch doesn't want to compete there in price range. Like you have then devices that cost thousands and literally needs to be "heavy duty" for decades to come.
Like look at the Nova Voyager DVR. Bosch goes straight to amateurs market where you can have great market penetration.
I drill and thread various alloys every day. My machine is rigid and accurate, fully manual, originally made in 1942. It's been modified and rebuilt, last time by me personally, and has a runout of around a tenth (.0001") with a Rohm keyless chuck. Going straight in with a quality drill, no reaming, results in a hole that's 1-2 thou over. This machine drills more than 1000 holes every month without skipping a beat, each hole as accurate as the last. That's professional performance. Actually, just checked a number of holes with gage pins yesterday, as I do fairly often. An inside mic is more accurate, but also takes more time. It's easy to see how the Bosch would suit a wood hobbyist. Someone like a jeweler, as well. I like it for what it is. The Nova, OTOH, IMO is a video game posing as a tool. No confidence in the product.
Does this go fast enough to use a router bit?
Never tried that !!
The bearings are not made to be pushed at from the side. If this is what you wanted to do.
How much does it cost ?
Check amazon my cost £249
Buy a collar mic, you’re hard to hear.
I can hear him fine and I'm using my phone to watch this. Perhaps your should but some better audio equipment.