Just bought one of these and off to pick it up on Sunday. Anyone got an idea of the rough dimensions?
Thanks
Col
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Col
Fobco 1/2” Cap Bench drill dimensions?
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How rough dimensions do you want?
Wembley stadium would be large enough to accommodate one.
A 20 foot container would have capacity for five or six.
A standard 500mm kitchen wall cupboard would hold one if you took the shelf out.
Picture here:
https://ostiatools.co.uk/product/fobco-star-1-2-13mm-bench-drill-press-230v-single-phase/
You can look up the size of a standard building block and infer the size from that.
Wembley stadium would be large enough to accommodate one.
A 20 foot container would have capacity for five or six.
A standard 500mm kitchen wall cupboard would hold one if you took the shelf out.
Picture here:
https://ostiatools.co.uk/product/fobco-star-1-2-13mm-bench-drill-press-230v-single-phase/
You can look up the size of a standard building block and infer the size from that.
Too heavy to carry home on the bus or train.
Small enough to fit in any car or van you might use.
They'll go on the back seat of a car with some padding or in even a small hatchback with rear seats down.
Bigger than the little £30 supermarket bench drills of the 80's
Smaller than the bigger Jet and Axminster modern bench drills
Startrite Mercury is probably similar in size and weight.
Small enough to fit in any car or van you might use.
They'll go on the back seat of a car with some padding or in even a small hatchback with rear seats down.
Bigger than the little £30 supermarket bench drills of the 80's
Smaller than the bigger Jet and Axminster modern bench drills
Startrite Mercury is probably similar in size and weight.
I clearly haven’t been very astute with my request! I was looking for length, width and height of the drill, not Wembley stadium!
Thanks. That’s really helpful.
Best I can do. I don't own one. But hopefully you are not trying to figure out if it'll go in the passenger seat while your wife and 2 kids squeeze in the rear during a detour on the way home from from a trip to the zoo 
PS - please share the measurements here when you do have yours home safe. It was a good question and I couldn't find the answer either.
PS - please share the measurements here when you do have yours home safe. It was a good question and I couldn't find the answer either.
Mine is 34" high, 20" front to back and about 13" wide.. B****y heavy is the best measure of weight and awkward shape as well. Thirty years ago I had to get daughter's then boyfriend to help me lift it on to bench. Think the removal guys probably put it in place when we moved to Scotland17 years ago
Thanks Dick, really helpful. I’m familiar with that SI unit of weight, my planer was triple b*st**d heavy!
If it's anything like the Walker Turner I have, then "B****y heavy" describes it exactly. Last time I put it on a bench I used rope blocks to lift it. I can move it around, but not really pick it up, it'd need two blokes for that.
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Don't stand it upright in a vehicle. Weight is at the top of the column and it will tip over first bend. A tool dealer lost a Sprinter window recently. Lay it flat on a seat or in the boot on a long boards to slide out.
