A friend gave me his used Ryobi (I know, it's not the top of the line) DP101 10 inch bench top drill press, and I’ve never had a drill press before. It appears to be in excellent condition, and my question concerns runout (which I’ve seen mentioned many times in postings).
I just finished drilling a few test holes with the drill press, and based on what I‘m observing, there doesn‘t seem to be any runout at all with this press. The holes look perfectly clean and accurate. But maybe I‘m too much of a novice when it comes to drill presses, so I’m wondering whether a top quality (one of the more expensive brands) drill press is supposed to be perfect with absolutely no runout. Maybe if one of you used this press, you’d say that it has runout and that I’m just not experienced enough to know runout when I see it.
Is there a way for me to measure whether this press has runout? Is there some kind of test that I could do to determine it?
Thanks,
Louis