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Completing the set (BFW 40/E)

I decided to buy this because I wanted to try some milling. I still haven't tried that, but I thought I would mention it anyway - there's quite a lot to like about it as a drill: Up to about 4K RPM, this machine is as quiet as a dentists drill. It's also really quiet actually drilling wood or aluminium (all I've tried so far). Certainly you'll be tempted to just wear ear plugs or skip ear protection completely. At 6K, it's still quieter that the drill it replaces, but you are going to want to put those ear defenders on again. You can get a chuck that fits for less that a fiver. They might be exaggerating by calling it super precision but given how quiet the whole set up is, it must be pretty good. It's easy to switch it out for the collet holder as needed. The collar fits very well, and this makes a noticeable difference to accuracy. I had two goes at buying this. First time was an Amazon marketplace seller using Amazon for fulfilment. It duly arriv