I'm happy with mine (variable speed, load sensing motor and reverseable for starting taps). Not happy with the proprietary spindle chucking arrangement however, I called Hougen and the rep told me their Fusion annular cutters will fit and the cutters are all carbide tipped. Either that or the Japanese made annular cutters that are way over the top priced. Hougen sells a 5 piece kit (with ejector pin) for just over 200 bucks and they are SAE unlike the ones Vevor supplied with the mag drill I purchased that are metric and just HSS and not carbide tipped. One advantage of the quick change spindle nose chuck is, the annular cutters run very concentrically, unlike the 2 set screw spindles where the weldon 2 flat shanks can be a bit undersize and that causes them to have runout which causes the drilled hole to be oversize.
I do like the mag holding power, it's really powerful. Vevor has the one I bought on sale presently and besides the 10 piece set of metric annular cutters it came with, it also has a through spindle oil feed for the cutter (though I use Hougen's stick lubricant instead, much less messy) and a Jacobs style chuck with adapter that fits the spindle nose.
I bought a complete set of Chicago Latrobe screw machine length twist drills (much shorter than a standard length ((Jobber length)) drill set on Amazon, its an a-z set plus No.1 to 60 wire sized drills and CL is made in USA as well. Not cheap but good drills and I'll use them in the shop for machining operations as well.
The Hougen as well as the Milwaukee have limited spindle travel which is why I bought the drills in the first place before I even ordered the Vevor but my fears of limited spindle travel when using twist drills or tapping holes (the one I bought is also reverseable for tapping) was unfounded as the Vevor I bought has a unique double dovetail rack and pinion slide arrangement. You loosen the set screw on the side and you can gain an additional 5" of spindle travel to use ordinary jobber length twist drills and I believe the Vevor mag drill is the only one with that feature.
Pretty neat and very innovative. The double dovetail rack and pinion slide is steel and has grease ways milled into it for lubrication plus the one I bought has adjustable gibs on one side to take up any slop that might develop in use. Very thought out machine. Mine has all kinds of power as well and I really like the load sensing electronics built into it. It will bog down when pushed but instantly recovers power and resumes the speed you set on the side mounted speed control.
Only drawback for me is the metric annular cutters and they aren't carbide tipped (which stay sharp much longer than HSS cutters do) but I'll be ordering the 5 annular cutter SAE Fusion set from Hougen shortly as they will fit the quick change spindle nose (according to my conversation with them yesterday). All in all, compared to a Hougen or a Milwaukee, it's a helluva bargain and comes with stuff that neither offer as well, especially the extended travel spindle.
Have a job coming up where I'll be drilling and tapping holes in a vertical section of steel and I'll be using the Vevor for that.
I have a drill similar to the one pictured in the previous post with the 'buddy' handles, it's a Makita corded one and I almost got my arms broken when the drill grabbed in the bottom of a hole, not pleasant and I had sore arms for a couple days. I can eliminate that with the mag drill entirely and drilling with large diameter silver and demming twist drills (holes over 1/2" is a very tiresome deal anyway because with a twist drill even a sharp one, you must remove ALL the metal in the hole which takes a long time and a lot of manual effort), whereas, using an annular cutter, you only remove the outer 1/8" or so of material and the pin inside the cutter pushes the 'slug' out, why they are called 'slugger' cutters. Much easier to deal with when drilling large diameter holes by a long shot. d
Despite the unique securement arrangement of the spindle nose and the fact it's made in China, I like mine and the Hougen Fusion cutters make the SAE workaround doable.
The mag has wicked holding power and all the features like variable speed and load sensing as well as the reverse feature make it a tremendous buy and I'm glad I bought it.
Next on the agenda is buying the cheapest HF bench drill press and stripping it and fabricating up a table to mount the Vevor on it so I can use it in the shop as a drill press. I see HF has a cheapo drill press for under 100 bucks. I'll be getting one soon. All I really need from it is the column and lower table. I'll fab an upper table for the mag drill so I can mount it (magnetized) on the upper table and bolt guides on the lower table so I can affix a drill press vise to it and I'll be in business. At that point, I'll sell my floor drill press as it won't be needed anymore.
It's a nice and well cared for Craftsman 16 speed with an adjustable lower table, depth stop and 110 volt Baldor motor on it. Comes with a taper mount 1/2" capacity Jacobs chuck and built in work lamp as well plus I'll throw in a Palmgren angle adjustable cross slide drill press vise. The vise alone is worth what I'm asking for the drill press.
All cast iron and has a triple ball bearing spindle as well. Someone offers me 300 bucks, it's theirs but be apprised, it's heavy as in a couple hundred pounds. Even have 4 sets of spare belts for it.
