Milescraft 1348 Drill Mate PRO – Heavy-Duty Portable Drill Press Drilling Guide, ½” Chuck, Precision Drilling Jig Attachment for Drilling Angled or Straight Holes, Adjustable Drill Guide Attachment
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- All metal construction and large 12 (13mm) keyed chuck for a heavy-duty professional drilling application
- Infinite angle adjustments between 0 and 60 for drilling. MAKE SURE BOTH KNOB AND HANDLE ARE PROPERLY TIGHTENED BEFORE USE.
- Included optional non-slip base pads prevent movement and protect the workpiece. INSTALLING SLIP PADS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO PREVENT MOVEMENT.
- Dual Spring Design Increases balance and control while drilling
- Built in V-groove channel holds and centers round stock for drilling
- Independent Depth Stop has own guide bar to prevent interference with springs
- Included centering pins and disk allow for multiple centering options
- Extruded aluminum guide head with brass bushings for more control and less play
- Guide head has lock feature to hold in place when changing bits or setting depth
- Large rubber coated handle adds extra control while drilling
Description
Milescraft® is a leader in drill accessories. The DrillMatePro™ is a professional, portable drill press that delivers easy repeatable precision drilling. The drill guide is constructed with metal for increased durability, performance, and accuracy. This heavy-duty drill guide serves as a portable drill press guide when the work is too large or awkward to take to the drill press table. The 1/2" keyed chuck accepts larger and longer drill bits, hole saws, and spade bits. The chuck also spins effortlessly with the help of its dual ball bearing design. To ensure accurate and precise results, the extruded guide head is fit with bronze bushings to the keep the drill bit on target. Aligning the DrillMatePRO™ couldn’t be easier with all of the available centering options. Convenient centering lines machined into the base makes it easy to hit the mark every time. For increased precision, drop in the included alignment disk for pin-point accuracy. The V-Grooves in the base not only help center the DrillMatePRO™ but also allow for round stock to sit stable when drilling holes. Additionally, two included centering pins can be used either on top or beneath the base for simple twist and center drilling. With the unique independent depth stop system on the DrillMatePRO™ it’s possible to drill to the exact same depth every time, while the springs prevent a heavy drill and bit falling onto the work piece. The dual spring design helps control drilling, and returns and supports the drill when not in use. They can also be removed to achieve greater drilling depth. The guide head can be locked in place when changing bits, or, when in use without the springs. The angle adjust allows for infinite angles off of vertical from 0 degree to 60. The wide base provides plenty of clamping room to keep the guide in place when drilling complicated angles, and the rubber feet on the base prevent slipping and marring on the workpiece. Not intended for use with impact drivers or hammer drills.
Manufacturer: Milescraft
Part Number: 1348
Item Weight: 7.87 pounds
Package Dimensions: 17.83 x 8.46 x 4.96 inches
Item model number: 1348
Material: METAL
Power Source: hand_powered
Item Package Quantity: 1
Included Components: Alignment Disk, Angle Adjust Knob and Support Handle, Assembled DrillMatePRO™, Centering Pins (2), ½” Chuck Key
Date First Available: March 7, 2025
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I really like this so far: Pros: - Well built - Good alignment "cross hairs" red plastic insert makes lining up bit easy. - Depth stop - A bit less costly than the Rockler and Woodpeckers models. - Dual springs makes operation more balanced. - Rubber pads on base and weight of the stand keep it nice and stable for drilling operations. - Easy to set up. - Easy out of the box assembly. Cons: - The old timey chuck key is a bit of a pain to use. I feel chuck could be better with a keyless model (or as an option perhaps) - The depth stop could benefit from a simple "gauge" to set the basic depth easily. The drill stand Festool makes has a neat simple one I have seen and would be good on this one. Perhaps I will make myself a 3Dprinted version to upgrade this. If Milescraft reads this - they could make it for the 2.0 Pro version of Drillmate. Would not be too costly in my opinion and differentiate from competitors. I think there are probably some options that could also improve the value of this tool ... a vise, and other useful jigs to hold your workpiece, different centering pins, etc. Milescraft may be thinking of those? I have used with my M12 milwaukee drill and made a series of holes so far - including some larger forstner bit holes. It works very well and I am pleased with my purchase. I don't have a drill press and the urge to have one now has been reduced to about zero. I recommend this product, but try to score it when they have it on promotion - I got it 25$ off the usual price by being patient.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2025 by Zip
This is the upgraded version of their drill guide. What's different? larger base, springs on the rods to control the drill weight, depth stop the uses a rod instead of clamping on the guide post, and a nicer drill chuck. Sounds crazy, but I like the removable little plastic indicator of where it going to drill, exactly, and...it works. There is enough base to get a grip for your clamps and a threaded spot to keep the centering pins as well as a hold beside the guide rod to keep the drill chuck key. What caused me to purchase this was to drill 3/4" holes in my 3" thick work bench for bench dogs. It needs to be straight, and you basically only get one shot. This did the trick without issue. The torque of the 3/4" wood owl bit and drill went without a hitch. It's a good drill guide at a fair price, well made and balanced, and I like the springs to help with the drill, and decent handle if your not going to clamp it down.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2025 by Wanabe2
Edit: Well, forget about any help from this company if they sell you a defective product. They will not answer their customer support line. No matter what time of day I called, they sent me to a voicemail and promised to call me back. They didn’t. I have tried every possible user intervention to get the chuck to stop releasing the bit, but it really is defective. I just need them to send me a new chuck that works. Of course, if the company will not communicate with you when you have a problem, then you’re really out of luck. I cannot recommend this product, or anything else from Milescraft. Original Review I bought this to drill bench dog holes in a workbench I am building. It is solid and feels like a quality product. All the moving parts adjust well and it is easy to set a fixed depth for the holes. There is just one problem; it keeps dropping the bit from the chuck. I grew up using keyed checks, so I know how to tighten a bit, but this chuck just won’t hang onto a bit. I’ve gotten so paranoid about it that I cycle through the three holes with the chuck key twice to be sure it’s really solid. Nevertheless, within a few minutes, the chuck has open up and dropped the bit out. I’m using a 3/4” spade bit. I have a call in to the company to see if they have any suggestions. If they come back with a solution, I will edit this review and probably add stars back. This would be a five star product if it would just hold onto the bit, but as is, it is not only frustrating to use, but it sometimes damages the hole when the bit falls out. I am hoping that I have a defective chuck because I really want this one to work out.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2025 by Crocuta
I bought the Drill Mate PRO because I needed to drill large, straight holes in a workbench top. There are times when one needs to drill a hole in a larger workpiece, where putting the workpiece on a drill press table is simply impractical - a workbench top being an obvious example. Before buying it, I researched it - particularly comparing it with the Woodpeckers Auto-Line. Full disclosure, I am a fan of Woodpeckers tools - particularly quality-wise. The primary reason I chose the Milescraft was the larger base. Candidly, none of these things can match the stability of a drill press, so I thought that the larger base of the DM PRO would provide greater opportunities for me to stabilize the base, and by extension, the drill. I'm happy with my decision. The guides, base plate, chuck holder, adjustments, knobs, chuck and ergonomics of the DM PRO are all first rate. I've also used the pins to provide for automatically centered holes; they're quite convenient and yield accurate results. I'm appreciative that the pins, chuck key and centering disk all have built-in holders on the tool. A tip if you need to drill deep holes like I did... All of these things have springs with many coils. That's a positive in terms of providing smooth and progressive support. But they do end up limiting travel at the bottom of the stroke. You can start a deep hole with the springs on - then remove them (temporarily) to extend the depth of the hole. Obviously you need to be careful because the springs won't help you support the drill. Lastly - I experienced an issue with the DM PRO that was entirely my fault. I explained what had transpired to their support team and they stepped up and helped me out big time. Problems happen. Sometimes they're self-inflicted, sometimes there is a problem with or defect in the tool. My perspective is that quite often, problems give you a clear picture of the company that manufactured or sold you the tool. And I can tell you that Milescraft is aces in my book.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2025 by Steven
I needed to cut a 1.1" hole in my front door to install a peephole viewer. Simple thing, but it had to be perfectly straight or I'd ruin a very expensive door. I couldn't find a drill guide for a diameter that big, my drill press wasn't feasible for that application, and this was the only reasonably priced thing I could find. It's well designed, good quality, and worked great for that application. Given the risk/reward it was an excellent investment. If I didn't already own a drill press it'd be a solid substitute for many more use cases, one that's highly functional but massively less expensive. I don't know if I'll ever need it again given my existing tool suite, but I'm glad I got it nonetheless. It's comparable to Rockler's award-winning product but a little cheaper and comparably less expensive.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2025 by L. A. Kane
This definitely works as intended, based on some of the Youtube videos I have seen of it. It is solidly made, mostly metal, and definitely feels quite beefy but not overly heavy. It is also packaged well to survive the usual mistreatment by shipping workers. The only problem I had with it was that the sliding mechanism on the metal rods didn't move smoothly and needed some lubricant to really slide well. In a pinch, I used good old WD40 which made a big improvement, but I probably need to wipe it down and add a few drops of proper machine oil for a better result. I didn't see that mentioned in the manual that comes with it, so maybe this is a sign of improper amount of lubricant added after assembly. Overall, it does do a good job of operating as it should and actually was stable enough to help me notice a small amount of runout in my drill's chuck that I had not noticed, so that was a pleasant surprise.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2025 by Nikhil S.
I bought this mainly for a project to drill 100 dog holes (3/4" holes) in a 3/4" MDF board I'm making into a poor mans woodworking top (can't even call it a table). Upon unboxing the product "felt" good and well built. It was heavy and the parts seemed beefy. I should mention I was using a corded Skil power drill for this job. It was pretty heavy itself. Pros: At zero° I measured with high end tools and it was indeed zero° aka perfectly vertical. Nice. The base was flat, perfectly flat as measured. Nice. Felt heavy and beefy. Didn't feel it was going to break on me. Cons: Depth stop coming loose and moving on me. This happened several times during the drilling process. Over time it started to creep down, until it had crept down A LOT. I was using a sacrificial board underneath to avoid any tear out and it started to drill deep into that! I didn't notice due to all the sawdust in the holes. At first I felt it was my fault, I was putting a lot of downward pressure when drilling. Then, since I'm an amateur wood worker, I realized "let the drill bit do the work dum dum!" This helped tremendously, I didn't apply almost any downward pressure and the Wood Owl bit did all the work plus the weight of the drill helped. I kept checking to make sure the depth stop was tight every few holes. Well it happened again! So from that point on I had to check and make sure it stayed tight after every 2-3 holes just in case instead of say every 10 holes. So parts come loose period. Drill chuck came loose by about a quarter turn! I noticed this towards the end of my work, I heard an odd sound so I immediately stopped to investigate. The drill chuck had come loose just shy of shy a quarter turn! This was not cool. I tightened that thing down very well before starting on all 3 sides. This has never happened to me on any drill ever. I don't know the exact size of the Wood Owl bit I was using but it was a beefy sized end that went into the chuck. So again parts coming loose! Check your zero! I glanced after several holes at the degree indicated and noticed it had moved on me from zero! I was worried this screwed up my work by drilling at a slight angle. I reset the indicator back to zero° by simply loosing the handle and just tilting the whole thing until it stopped, thats as far as it can go so I tightened things up. It read pretty close to the zero marks on the press so they were close but I would NOT trust them if I was doing angled work. I would use some sort of other tool to verify the angle. Fortunately, it did not ruin my previous dog holes. Spring bending and tension. This one is weird. Depending on how tight you lock down the angle knob impacts the spring tension. What I mean is, if you loosen them all the way or close to all the way you can easily push down on them and let go and they spring back up as expected. Well if you really tighten down the angle knobs the springs get very stiff. To the point I could push it down by hand and it would stay compressed once I let go! The only thing I can think of is the mechanism to set the angle and tighten it in place is putting pressure on the rods and causing them to flex outward which in turn impacts the friction. I could measure this will my high end calipers and I bet I would see a difference but honestly I'm too lazy. Part two springs/tension/rods. So before I used the product I took it apart and gave all the parts a good cleaning especially the top that has the drill chuck. There was a good amount of black gunk inside where the rods go. I used shop wax to smooth things up. I didn't leave the wax on, rather a wipe down after application to keep things slick. Since the rods themselves cannot be removed (at least not easily) I couldn't clean the other end. At first it was very smooth. The weight of the drill alone was pushing the chuck down a few inches (which was probably because I had not cranked down on the angle knobs). After some holes it was getting harder and harder to push the top portion down. At one point I had to stop and clean the whole tool again. Now I know what you are thinking...wax + MDF dust = binding. But as I said there was no wax buildup or even any thing noticeable on the rods to the eye (or cleaning cloth). I cleaned the inside of the guide rods by taking the whole thing apart .... again .... and cleaned the inside, again more mysterious black gunk. After cleaning and reassembly it worked "almost" like new again. As time progressed it started to happen again. I managed to just finish the job and then I cleaned it with a different lubricant (designed for tools) first making sure no wax remained. Once I finished all this cleaning again to put it away for storage, it seemed to be pretty smooth "almost" like new again, unless you hammer down on the knobs..then it binds again. So it is more of a trying to find a sweet spot of smooth gliding vs not losing your zero° because you didn't tighten the knobs enough. Annoying. Conclusion: For the price, its pretty good. It got the job done despite the issues explained above. So some tips if you buy it: 1. Clean it first by taking the top portion off. Use whatever will reduce friction and not be a magnet for sawdust. 2. Tighten down your degrees knobs at enough pressure that it's not going to move on you especially if you are doing something that isn't straight down! Be prepared for binding issues if you tighten them too much. 3. If doing a lot of repetitive work at once, expect to probably have to stop and give it a clean at some point. 4. Check often the tightness of your drill chuck as well as depth stop to avoid ruining your project. 5. If you are doing a small amount of drilling in one setting this tool should work fine. I cannot speak to any angled cutting as I have not done that. 6. For the occasional use, like me, it is a good product given the price point. It just has quirks you need to deal with. 7. If you are going to be using this thing all the time, I should save up and buy a higher end unit. I may try using some of my firearms lubricants that are very "anti friction" to see if that makes a difference. It's also possible I got a slightly bad unit. Who knows. Why black gunk comes out of the drill guide rods at the head of the unit beats me. Even after cleaning it the first time, it came back! What is that gunk and where is it coming from!? So all in all its hard to give it a star rating. I'm going to go with 3 stars. Yes it is on the cheaper size. However, things like the chuck coming partially loose and having to re-clean the thing during a lot of drilling is not cool. As a wood worker and a firearms enthusiast, I'm quite family with lubricant's, waxes, ect.. I know how to keep things slick and smooth. That is all for nothing if you tighten down the knobs which sucks honestly. For your 'once in a while' use yeah it is pretty good. But the issues I encountered cost this review two stars. I hope this helps someone out there trying to figure out all the budget options for this poor man's drill presses!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2026 by Fed
Every now and then, it is not possible to use your drill press. In those cases, a portable press comes to the rescue. There are many models available but I picked this MilesCraft one based a positive recommendations from the Stumpy Nubs YT channel. The fact that it is a proper US based company rather than some generic chinese store front is always the way to go for quality tools. And this proved the point. It is an excellent design with double springs and several details that show these guys actually use the tool every day. The centering tool is but one example. The only thing that is not fully up to par, as noted in other reviews, is the chuck. Mine was off center. But I contacted their customer support and they promptly sent me a fix. Excellent customer support! One tip: The posts come without lubrication which makes it somewhat difficult to slide the drill up and down. There are many lubricants available but the best I found for this use was Fluid Film. It doesn't leave residues and does not attract dust like WD40 would. The unit slides really smoothly now
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Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2026 by Bob Edwards