WEN 4214T Drill Press Review - 30 Days Later (S24E01)

[@moneal25]

When you do your runout check, don't touch the chuck. You can corrupt your reading doing this. Instead, turn the the motor pulley. I know it sounds a bit picky for this drill press, but it's a good habit to get into.

[@victorywoodworks]

Thx for the note.

[@1pcfred]

I was surprised it cost so much. I didn't realize tools have been going up so much in price. When I bought my benchtop mill/drill I paid $800 for it and the same thing today cost almost 3 grand. Everything is so expensive now.

[@victorywoodworks]

Pricing are going up fast, but I thought that this drill press was priced very well compared to its competitors. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@1pcfred]

@@victorywoodworks I wouldn't give you three grand for my mill today. I've gotten my money's worth out of it and then some by now though. I've had it for 32 years.

[@victorywoodworks]

32 years... that was a good tool and a good buy.

[@1pcfred]

@@victorywoodworks I guess so. It's been handy to have. I don't use it every day. When I need it then I got it. But it has lived a fairly easy life. One of these days I need to lube the spindle bearings again. That's a pain to do. Wood dust really sucks the lube out of bearings.

[@Rebel9668]

That and spacing is why I went with their 4212T, the 10 inch model. I got it for $191 on Amazon.

[@Rebel9668]

No more dust than it will produce I'd just sweep it up with a bench brush or vacuum it up afterwards.

[@victorywoodworks]

That's what the ShopVac is for or these days the Rigid Vac.

[@Rebel9668]

By the thumbnail I thought a lady was going to be giving the review and was interested in her perspective on it. Mt small woodshop, full as it is, space is at a premium and so I chose one slightly smaller. I got the WEN 4212T, the 10" version of this and so far it seems pretty good. The chuck doesn't wobble, the motor sounds normal and even the spade bits in it seem to run true and smoothly. Haven't yet had a chance to try it with a forstner bit, but in as much as I'll be using quite a large one it'll give it a good workout. 3" or 4" forstner bits to make level spots in logs to adjoin faceplates to for turning on a lathe.

[@victorywoodworks]

Let me know how it goes with those larger bits.

[@Rebel9668]

@@victorywoodworks Will do. I figure as long as I take it slowly it should do fine. If worse comes to worst, I can always try to free hand them with my corded Milwaukee drill, lol.

[@victorywoodworks]

I don’t recommend free handing large Forster or hole saw bits. Ask me how I know 😁

[@hu5116]

Hi Great vid! However, IAW Wen’s web site, that keyless chuck you got is not expressly for the 4214T drill press (although we see it works, until you need to remove it without the tang!). Rather, the recommended keyless chuck is “WEN DPA158L 5/8-Inch Keyless Drill Press Chuck with MT2 Tanged Arbor” for this drill press.

[@victorywoodworks]

I found this out after I purchased and installed the chuck. Shouldn’t be an issue, but we will see. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@toTheWatcher]

Is the lowest rpm actually 580? That seems really fast for my large forester bits. That's been the only reason I'm looking at more expensive drill press

[@victorywoodworks]

The slowest I could make mine go is 550 rpm. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@toTheWatcher]

@@victorywoodworks much appreciate the confirmation! Ty

[@djchino]

Oh men, why didn't you go with the WEN DPA158L Tanged Arbor chuck? I don't thing the wedge tool will remove that chuck now, I did some research and found the Tanged Arbor is a more direct replacement chuck for this machine and the wedge tool works. Look into it, you might have time to exchange it.

[@victorywoodworks]

Thanks for letting me know, because I didn't realize that there were several keyless chucks or that one had a tang and the other didn't. I just checked and you are absolutely correct in that the wedge will not remove the "tangless" arbor. Thanks for watching, commenting and hopefully subscribing.

[@robc8468]

If you manage to get the non-tang arbor out you will notice the non-tang Arbor has a thead on the end you could buy a button head cap screw and lock tight it to the threads with the screw extending to where the tang would nomally be, that mod. should allow the drift to work like it would with a tang arbor. By the way 0.0025" total runout is very very good for a drill press with a stock "Jacobs" type chuck.

[@victorywoodworks]

Its funny, but I accidentally disconnected the arbor by drilling with a forstner that got stuck in the hole. Knowing this now, I dont think removal will be a problem (or needed). This arbor seems to work well so will leave it on.

[@trep53]

For comparison a Jacobs keyless 1/2” chuck for my drill press was about $160 I am sticking with the chuck key. Is there any lash adjustment on the table crank?

[@victorywoodworks]

I couldn't find any lash adjustment, just the locking bolt to the main column. It just seems that the lifter threads/mechanism is very coarse.

[@aaronortiz4]

First time I see your channel and also the last one. I’m sick of the woman invasion everywhere I look . I hate clickbait, so disgusting and desperate. Greetings from Spain.😂

[@victorywoodworks]

Sorry to hear that you got no value from the channel.

[@klovvin]

Saw a woman in the thumbnail and thought OK useless opinion incoming

[@victorywoodworks]

1) Was my opinion in the video useless to you? 2) Why would a woman in a thumbnail imply useless opinion?

[@keith7630]

@@victorywoodworks Why use a woman in the thumbnail at all? Get by on the merits of your knowledge and presentation without having to use a woman as a crutch to attract clicks and views.