It sure is better than eyeballing a hole no doubts there..
And it's even better than a hand drill in a stand I'd imagine..
Maybe I'm mistaking and it's indeed a great tool (and not at all the thing it reminds me of)
but it awfully looks like it *shrugs*
And that was unfortunately cheaping out on the spindle bearings
(and the belt drive but the problem I was amazed to see was the spindle bearings)
so the actual chuck had up to 1/8" of play after just a few poked holes...
And if your hole is 1/8" off you might be disappointed in the end, no?
And the half horse is actually a bit on the low end as well
that's why they call it half a horse and not 370 watts
(so you're not comparing it to the 500W hand drill you got for 20 bucks)
and the ill fitted pulleys (as I remember one having issues with) didn't help with that either.
that's why I said predrilling...
if you know the limitations and know how to work around them
it's certainly better than not having any drill press at all.
but alright alright that came out very negative I admit..
sorry 'bout that.
Chances are those videos have not been craftsman at all but clones of one
I can't tell for sure (too long ago by now)
It's even possible those videos have been showing some monday editions
of a usually good product... who knows
All I can say is
I was eager for getting a similar drill press
since I've seen some -what I assume now have been paid- reviews on yt..
and it had an okay size and looked sturdy enough for the holes I wanted to drill
and I then, after some more youtubing,
stumbled upon some clearly non paid mentionings of similar drill presses
and those then changed my mind ..
Ah well... 2cts; ready to be ignored
'sid