Holes & mortises · review
Six point two amps at 115 volts going in, and one horsepower claimed coming out — which is more than it takes.
The end of it Two published power figures that cannot both be true, on a machine with neither travel nor chuck published.
Every figure below names its source. Each one is a manufacturer specification read off the listing itself. The judgments are ours.
Both numbers are on the page.
Six point two amps at 115 volts is about 713 watts drawn from the wall. One horsepower is 746 watts delivered at the spindle.
A motor cannot deliver more than it draws. An induction motor of this size is perhaps seventy to eighty per cent efficient, so 713 watts in is 500 to 570 watts out — about 0.7 HP.
The two WEN presses on this shelf publish the same 6.2 A and claim no horsepower at all. The JET publishes 3/4 HP and no amperage. This page publishes both.
Not the drilling. Whatever the label says, the machine draws what it draws, and 6.2 A is enough for a 1/2 inch bit in hardwood all day.
It is worth knowing because of what else is on the page: a high-accuracy spindle with no runout figure, an X-laser with no class, a reinforced table with no size.
One contradiction in two published numbers is the cheapest test a listing can fail, and this one fails it.
A drill press is bought for holes square to the face. What decides how deep those holes can be is the quill travel — how far the spindle comes down in one pull of the lever.
Run out of travel and the work has to be lifted on packing and the hole restarted, which is where accuracy goes. Fifty millimeters is shallow-hole territory: shelf pins, dowels, hardware. Eighty to ninety reaches most Forstner work. Past a hundred, a drill press starts to be a boring machine.
It is also the figure that is left out most often. Three of the seven European listings on this shelf publish it; the published Scheppach DP60 page names its absence as the one number that defines a drill press.
Nor the chuck capacity.
Twelve inches of swing says how far from the column a hole can be. It says nothing about how deep, and nothing about what bit will fit.
The best specification on this page.
The bottom of the range is the half that matters: a 35 mm (1.38 in) Forstner in oak wants to be near 500, and a machine that cannot go below 900 will burn it. Five hundred and thirty is low enough.
Variable rather than stepped, with a digital readout, so the setting is a number. Three machines on the American half of this shelf have that; two of them are WEN.
Published, and more useful than it sounds.
Many cheap tables tilt one way only, so an angled hole in the wrong-handed part needs the work turned over — which on an asymmetric piece cannot be done.
The published Einhell TC-BD 450 on this shelf adds rotation to 90 degrees as well. The WEN tables here are called bevelling, with a size and no angle.
Read on the day this page was built: $320 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-07. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Motor | 6.2 A and 1.0 HP, both published · 6.2 A at 115 V is about 713 W of input; 1 HP is 746 W of output |
|---|---|
| Swing | 12 in — 305 mm |
| Quill travel | Not published by the maker. |
| Speed range | 530 to 3,140 rpm, variable, with a digital readout |
| Chuck capacity | Not published by the maker. |
| Table | Reinforced metal, height adjustable, tilting 45 degrees left or right · No size published |
| Laser | An X-laser guide, stated to reduce measuring errors · No class and no power are published |
| Overall size | Not published by the maker. |
| Weight | Not published by the maker. |
| Spindle | Stated a high-accuracy spindle, engineered for stability · No runout figure |
| Amazon reference | B0GGHJWRH9 |
| EAN | 0197988359807 |
No, and both figures are on this page. Six point two amps at 115 volts is about 713 watts drawn from the wall. One horsepower is 746 watts delivered at the spindle. A motor cannot deliver more than it draws — real induction motors of this size are perhaps 70 to 80 per cent efficient, so 713 watts in is roughly 500 to 570 watts out, which is about 0.7 HP. The two WEN presses on this shelf publish the same 6.2 A and claim no horsepower at all; the JET publishes 3/4 HP and no amperage. This page publishes both and they do not agree.
Less than it matters as a signal. Whatever the label says, the machine draws what it draws, and 6.2 A is enough for a 1/2 inch bit in hardwood all day. What the arithmetic tells a reader is how much weight to put on the other unverifiable claims on the page — the high-accuracy spindle with no runout figure, the laser with no class. One contradiction in two published numbers is the cheapest possible test of a listing, and this one fails it.
Angled holes without a jig, in either direction. Many cheap tables tilt one way only, which means an angled hole in the wrong-handed part needs the work turned over — and on an asymmetric piece that is not possible. Forty-five degrees left or right is published here and on the two other VEVOR-class machines on this shelf; the published Einhell TC-BD 450 page adds rotation to 90 degrees on top. The WEN tables on this shelf are described as bevelling, with a size and no angle.
Between woodworking machines of the same category and nearby price. Shown: what they all state. A half-filled column says nothing.
| Model | Price | Motor | Chuck capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEVOR 1216BVS, 12 in benchtop | $320 | 6.2 A and 1.0 HP, both published · 6.2 A at 115 V is about 713 W of input; 1 HP is 746 W of output | Not published by the maker. |
| WEN DP1263V, 12 in benchtop | $265 | 6.2 A induction, published · No wattage and no horsepower are claimed | 5/8 in keyed — 16 mm (0.63 in) · A chuck key with onboard storage is included |
| Scheppach DP60 | $400 | 710 W | 1.5–13 mm (0.06 to 0.51 in) |
| WEN DP1062V, 10 in benchtop | $240 | 6.2 A induction, published — the same figure as the maker's 12 in press · No wattage and no horsepower are claimed | 1/2 in keyed — 13 mm (0.51 in) · A chuck key with onboard storage is included |
Twelve inches of swing and a tilting table, by somebody who will ask the seller for the travel
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 50.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for woodworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
710 W · 90 mm (3.54 in) quill · 40 mm (1.57 in) in wood
The longest stroke of the European bench drills here — 90 mm (3.54 in) — and the only one that states its capacity in wood as well as steel.
Best for: Deep holes and large Forstner bits — the work the cheaper presses cannot reach
8 in · 620–3,100 rpm in 5 steps · 150 mm (5.91 in) quill claimed · 2.5 A
An eight-inch press claiming five point nine inches of spindle travel — more than the floor-standing machine on this shelf.
Best for: The smallest sum that puts a press with a tilting table on a bench — with the travel figure confirmed first
≈ $97
450 W · 5 speeds to 2,650 min⁻¹ · 50 mm (1.97 in) depth · €115
A €115 pillar drill that publishes its depth, its speed range and its chuck capacity — and states all three plainly.
Best for: Shelf pins, dowels and hardware holes — accurate shallow drilling on a small bench
