Skil 45140 Drill Stand for Any 3/8-Inch Electric or Cordless Drill

by Skil

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Skil vertical drill press stand converts your 3/8-Inch electric drill to a portable drill press! Adjustable tilt table, depth stop and head height. V-grooved shape for holding round stock. Universal mounting bracket.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 18.7 x 6.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0007KQY7G
• Item model number: 45140
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,039 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Last resort, November 10, 2008

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Mario A. Palestini - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skil 45140 Drill Stand for Any 3/8-Inch Electric or Cordless Drill (Tools & Home Improvement)

If you are looking to get around buying a real drill press this product will suit your needs only for small tasks. I would not recommend it for doing serious drilling. The clamping device that holds the drill in the press, doesn't hold the drill at a perfect 90 degrees without some tinkering. Also not all drill chasis are the same and it will hold on to each drill differently. In conclusion for twice as much you can buy a small bench top drill press that will suit your needs better.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars cheap drill press, December 16, 2008

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Alan E. Korpinen "Mountain Biker" (Belen, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skil 45140 Drill Stand for Any 3/8-Inch Electric or Cordless Drill (Tools & Home Improvement)

Item is a piece of junk. I ruined several projects as this item cannot drill a straight up/down hole. It now sits under my work bench and I have ordered a heavy duty drill press which is what I should of done to begin with. Don't waste your hard earned money.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Completely useless design -- can't hold a drill at right angle, January 25, 2009

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Graduate Wildcat (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Skil 45140 Drill Stand for Any 3/8-Inch Electric or Cordless Drill (Tools & Home Improvement)

Most decent power drills have a 43mm shaft at the front to attach a handle for the left hand or to mount them in a drill stand (this is even true for Dremel-style rotary tools--there the entire body is often 43mm wide). Any decent drill stand has a 43mm mount, which allows the drill to be secured in a true right angle to the work piece. (An example would be the, admittedly pricey, Bosch BS450 drill stand.) Not so this contraption: Instead of the industry-standard 43mm it has some rounded oval that is supposed to hold the drill, but allows it to move around by several degrees.

The result will be less precision than if you simply put the work piece into a good machine vise and then use the power drill by hand--and quite likely a broken drill bit, a destroyed work piece, and with bad luck the broken drill bit injuring someone.

So far I always thought that Skil products were on the affordable side, but basically well-designed. This "drill stand", however, is an insult of the hapless buyer. Amazon would be well advised to remove it from its catalog.