Drill Guide from Banggood | It's Actually Quite Good

Drill Guide from Banggood | It's Actually Quite Good
In this video I will be going through all main features of this drill guide from Banggood. Armed with all the information you can make a better educated purchase or look for something else.
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[@stuartgibson9755]

I haven't got a workshop or even a shed (yet), so no room for massive tools. This drill guide will do nicely until then. My order is in.

[@CasualDIY]

Good solution for sure 👍

[@grahamwood4145]

Great, thorough presentation. You covered all the aspects. I am going to order one right away.

[@CasualDIY]

@@grahamwood4145 thank you for watching 👍

[@marty3553]

I have just ordered one , as of your advice

[@CasualDIY]

It should serve you well 👍

[@geoffreycoan]

I bought a similar drill guide from Rutlands on one of their special offers of the day. It didn’t feel as well made as this Banggood one you reviewed and certainly didn’t have as many features like the fence and parallel guides. One thing it did do though was the drilling angle could be adjusted from 90 degrees down to 20 degrees or so. How useful this is in practice I don’t know as TBH I never used it, I then bought a pillar drill which I do use from time to time. The unused drill guide was sold on eBay! This does look to be a good drill guide. I wouldn’t use an impact driver in it though as you suggested at [2:35] impacting the drill bit repeatedly into wood can’t be good for the bit or the material. An electric screwdriver yes would work

[@CasualDIY]

Yes I wouldn't recommend an impact driver for it, but it's possible to use one.

[@maximusmagni1]

I wish they made a copy of the Auto-Angle drill guide that is bigger and does angles.

[@hansdegroot8549]

Great review of the product. Thanks for sharing. I do have a (quite cheap) pillar drill/bench drill/drill press, but as you say due to its construction it has its restrictions. If you need to drill a hole in the middle of a board, you can't do it will a pillar drill. This drill guide is flexible because you can position it anywhere, even horizontally as you showed as well. I was surprised by the amount of "add-ons" that came with the drill guide, to make it even more versatile. The downside is, that it increases the price. I have purchased some things in the past at Banggood's, but I have mixed feelings with them. One time I ordered something, and paid in advance. The ordered product didn't show up, so I claimed my money back. After receiving my money back I ordered the product again. Again it didn't show up. But in spite of that, they didn't return me my money. Since then, I've never bought from them again. And when I buy something at a European (including Slovak), I never pay in advance. I prefer to pay the courier at the moment he hands me over the product I wanted to buy. Already more than 40 years ago, Wolfcraft also sold a drill guide like that. That time it was a very basic product, with no extra features.

[@CasualDIY]

So far had one bad product from them a t-square it cake bent. I do show that in one of my videos. I have ordered with my own money from them - shipping to UK and now to Poland and I have to say not had an issue with delivery or something. But that's the problem you never know what to expect.

[@robwebnoid5763]

One feature it is missing that I would need is that the base does not have a big enough hole to use a hole saw drill bit, such as the saws that are 2.5 inches diameter. While it might seem that the wide circle of a hole saw could keep itself automatically perpendicular to the cutting surface, there is still enough angle error when just doing it manually & that cut hole would not be as straight down as it could be. There are other portable drill guides that have larger base holes to accomplish this feat & accuracy. 03/07/24

[@barry.w.christie]

I did buy one of these from FleaBay as it seemed to be a cracking tool to have and superior to a drill press in the ability to make holes in tall or wide things ... however the lovely red anodised parts shown in the pictures turned out to be plastic, basically a piece of crap. A brilliant review of the product, detailing how great a design it is with with multiple methods of use, albeit a tad expensive in my opinion 👍

[@CasualDIY]

Yes bit expensive but no plastic here and it is of quite good quality

[@david1benson2jonas]

Excellent video, very helpful, thank you

[@CasualDIY]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bwedesign]

Glad you mentioned this is a rip-off of another company's tool. The price on theirs (Woodpeckers) also reflects research and development of the tool, as well as the quality, which I am sure is better since it was made in the USA instead of China.

[@davidsneddon2242]

Looks like a great piece of kit Tomasz, excellent video, great share.

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you kindly for watching 👍

[@benceringbauer9477]

Hi Tomasz, What's the biggest diameter of the drill shaft, you can insert into the chunk? I assume it's 13 mm. Thanks

[@CasualDIY]

I think thats correct

[@kz.irudimen]

I'd be curious to see a comparison to the Milescraft version (sold by Dieter Schmid in europe for example) which is almost half the price

[@edwinmaldonado6005]

Can you use it to make holes on a dowel laying down???

[@CasualDIY]

With some preparation and setup can't see why not

[@James_Gower]

I was going to purchase what looks to be almost identical one from temu, but I believe the one on Temu, which is alot cheaper, had plastic base, so think that would affect the accuracy. Going to need one to drill my mft bench top soon, so guess I'll save a little more for the bangood one!

[@CasualDIY]

This one is nice and solid, no plastic here 👌

[@wataru69]

@@CasualDIYI was thinking the same here. I would like to use it to make my mft bench top. Is the base opening big enough to drill 20mm holes?

[@CasualDIY]

@@wataru69 I do show that in my video ;P

[@whatworkedforme]

Thanks for the tutorial.. It is yet to arrive but I just bought a similar thing off a well known Chinese site beginning with A (a few less parts like extra rods and the guide plate is shorter) but it is Alloy and close enough. There are many other similar ones out there but many are plastic... I paid a bit more for the Alloy version, For an occasional user like me it will prove its use. I thought your video was useful as the description of the item does not give uses like you have shown here so thanks again.

[@CasualDIY]

Glad that my video was some help. And yes its a pretty sturdy jig, would definitely not go for a plastic version

[@simonr6793]

Tomasz, you can certainly tell that you are married to a English woman, your reference of " it's Bob on" makes laugh each time I hear you say it 😂🤣🤪. Tomasz you mean to tell us that Milwaukee are making these drillpress standalone's 😳🤔🤪, only kidding I know you meant the other company who charge for their products as though they are made of solid gold inlaid with diamonds! As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.

[@CasualDIY]

Hehe 15 years in Leicestershire, that's what it is🤣 Yes, charging a fair price for a tool is the key. What that company let's say called X does it separates people to those elitist that can afford their tools and those that can't. And honestly I can't see a justification of the prices their products have.

[@stephencave187]

I thought the same 'bob on' 😂 Didn't know you lived in sunny Leicester for so long Tomasz. No wonder you are so anglicised. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇵🇱

[@CasualDIY]

​​@@stephencave187Hehe 👍😁 second home mate

[@markbongers9641]

@@CasualDIY The thing is that the Chinese just copy and company X did spend a lot of money on design, and knowing that that design will be copied they have to charge more to get those costs back. If we only buy copies no new smart tools with a lot of features will come to the market for the chinese to copy.

[@CasualDIY]

@@markbongers9641 That's why patent protection exist, best example of that is Festool with their Domino. If by law there are no issues of making a similar product then I don't see a problem. If they held a patent and someone made a direct copy then that's a totally different case and that should be condemed.

[@TheBluealan2000]

Thanks Tomasz, I'll be buying one of these soon. I have seen the alternatives and they are far too expensive for my wallet.

[@CasualDIY]

It's a good buy in my opinion 👍

[@mr.b.4048]

Made in the PRC, so that’s a no from me; the Axminster version with better spec is my next purchase despite being more than twice the price.

[@CasualDIY]

Well we buy what we need and what we can afford. It's always best to make an educated purchase 👍

[@jamesccart]

The ink one is made in china too I’d bet I think they both look good the advantage of this one is you should be able to turn it round and drill behind the base if you need a bigger hole

[@damianrf6309]

Thanks. I´ve just ordered one of these from Ali Express. I read your bio. Your English is great! Did you live in The Black Country when you were in England? Birmingham? Wolverhampton? The accent can be a bit comical if you´re not from round those parts. Sorry Brummies. Love you, really!

[@CasualDIY]

Hehe I lived I the UK for 15 years. Mainly in Leicester and Rugby. But I worked a lot of Brummies 😅 so yes I picked up the slang a bit 🤣

[@damianrf6309]

@@CasualDIY Thanks for the reply! I was a little off with the geography…I’m from the south coast. Bournemouth. I now live in Brazil , but I have students in Poland. Warsaw and Lublin. I’ve been to Zakopane/Tartra Mountains. A beautiful part of the country. Congratulations on your channel. My mission in 2024 is to build my first guitar. I’m learning as much as I can about tools/woodworking/guitar building before I start to practise. All the best and thanks again.

[@CasualDIY]

@@damianrf6309 Nice project ahead I can see👍 yes Tatry mountains are beautiful. All the best from Poland 👍

[@pharaohacura3618]

you have to be talking about the Woodpecker version, lol…i just bought the Woodpecker version for a pretty penny…seems all of their tools are a pretty penny 😂

[@CasualDIY]

Oh yes they are 😅

[@paulmoritoshi8184]

I'm quite sure you wouldn't want to use an impact driver with the chuck. Wouldn't you just smash the bearing, rendering the tool useless?

[@CasualDIY]

Not really but its an option if you are stuck - you forgot your drill or it ran out of juice and you have to finish your job. You do get special drill bits for impact drivers.

[@enochpage1333]

Thanks!

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic review, Tomasz! Thanks!!! 😃 But yeah, if you choose carefully, there are some amazing tools from China! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@CasualDIY]

Exactly 👍

[@PeterGonzalezAyres1932]

How or where this item can be ordered, please?

[@CasualDIY]

There is a link in the description of this video 👍

[@markduggan3451]

I woodpicker this one lol

[@CasualDIY]

Yep the $$$ brand

[@rundeks]

This is pure IP theft and I am disappointed you are promoting this.

[@CasualDIY]

If the prices were reasonable then I'll be promoting something else. And there are plenty of similar jigs out there. Who say the W where the first? What I don't like is companies that segregate people to those elitist rich ones and those who maybe can't afford products at ridiculous prices. And as this example shows it can be done much cheaper without losing too much quality.

[@brianfreeman8290]

Pay your money and make your choice. If you're in a position to pay hundreds of pounds for a version with marginally better quality, then good luck For a pensioner, this will do nicely.

[@CasualDIY]

@@brianfreeman8290 exactly

[@36736fps]

this is not protected IP because they are made by dozens of manufacturers.

[@costenalolek973]

The device is twice as expensive as a drill. I would be ashamed to put such bullshit on people.

[@CasualDIY]

Hmm depends what drills you buy I guess 🤔 never said this jig was super cheap or budget. Still much cheaper than from other makes

[@markjarman7819]

Disappointed to see such a silly response to review of a power tool accessory. Childish springs to mind

[@costenalolek973]

@@markjarman7819 You see a review, I see a paid ad. So who is fooled and childish?