My dad is a woodworker.
He needed a drill press, and scoured the land to find one that met his minimum standard for quality.
He bought a used one from 1947.
19 40 freaking 7!
I asked why and he said it was of a far higher quality, even having been in use for 50 years.
PS: When I house sat for him I used it to drill extra cooling holes in my AR’s hand guard. It was a smooth mechanism, like butter!
My drill press is an old line shaft powered outfitted with an electric motor and pulley system. It was made sometime in the early 1900s. It even has a power feed. All cast iron #2 Morse taper spindle. It’s a beast and noisy but it punches holes in metal—and any other material for that matter.