| What is a Boring Machine? | | | | considered "industrial", and their price can range from a |
| In woodworking, a boring machine is used to drill holes | | | | few thousand dollars to tens of thousands of dollars, if |
| in various pieces of woodwork. In some situations, | | | | not more. If you need the highest capacity borer |
| boring machines are used to drill entirely new holes, | | | | available, then purchasing your borer used makes the |
| while in other cases they are used to deepen or | | | | most sense. Because industrial grade woodworking |
| expand pre-existing holes. If you operate a full-scale | | | | machines are built to stand up to industrial grade use, |
| woodworking company, chances are that you will use | | | | they remain in their prime for significantly longer than |
| a boring machine in the former capacity. Without boring | | | | domestic grade woodworking machines, meaning that |
| machines, woodworkers are generally left to try their | | | | companies typically can get new machine quality at a |
| luck at drilling holes with jigs. For the hobbyist | | | | used machine price. As a result, many woodworking |
| woodworker, drilling with jigs may not pose a problem. | | | | outfits that could easily afford new machinery instead |
| But high production woodworking businesses, having | | | | decide to buy used. |
| one or more industrial grade boring machines is | | | | How do You Assess the Quality of a Used Borer? |
| practically essential. Compared to jigs, commercial | | | | Assessing the quality of a used borer follows the |
| boring machines have two significant advantages: they | | | | same process as assessing the quality of other used |
| drill holes in a shorter period of time and they drill them | | | | woodworking machinery. First, you should only buy |
| with perfect accuracy. Boring-machine is a general | | | | from a professional seller that specializes in used |
| term that applies to more than one type of machine. | | | | woodworking machinery. Second, you should check |
| For full-scale woodworking, the most common types | | | | the seller's reputation at the Better Business Bureau |
| of boring-machines are: drill press borers, horizontal | | | | (BBB). If the seller has unresolved customer complaints |
| borers, vertical borers and point-to-point borers. Before | | | | at the BBB, choose a different seller. Third, you should |
| purchasing a certain borer, always make sure that its | | | | ask for a copy of the borer's official maintenance |
| intended use will meet your boring needs. | | | | record, as a borer that hasn't been properly maintained |
| Is it Sensible to Buy a Boring Machine Used? | | | | will probably encounter frequent repairs. Third, you |
| As with all used woodworking machinery, used wood | | | | should conduct a first hand inspection of the borer to |
| boring-machines are purchased to save money. Unlike | | | | assess its wear, or have a third party conduction the |
| some industrial woodworking machines, new industrial | | | | inspection for you. Following these tips should lead you |
| grade borers can often be purchased at an affordable | | | | to a reputable seller that offers a reputable boring |
| price. However, there is wide range of borers that are | | | | machine. |