How long things take: the machine about 2 weeks, bits and small tools about a week, and one item ships in a few days from a US warehouse. Here is whyMachine about 2 weeks. Why?
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Before you buy a small drill press

Two emails, then we leave you alone. The first is the five things worth checking before you spend $149 on a machine like this - the two that are worth paying more for, and the three that are not. It carries 7% off your first order. The second, a day later, is who should not buy one of these at all, and it carries 10%.

No countdown and no fake sale. The second code is simply the bigger one, and we would rather tell you that now than have you find out afterwards.
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  • Three triplet loupes side by side, 10x, 20x and 30x, all with a 21 mm lens
  • Looking through the loupe at the gear train of a watch movement
  • The loupe held in the hand over printed detail
  • Maker's drawing of the folded and open loupe with its dimensions
  • The loupe in its hard case
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Jeweller's loupe, triplet, 21 mm

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Magnification: 10x
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Description

You drilled the hole. Is the edge clean, or did the bit tear out on the way through? At arm's length every hole looks fine. That is what this is for.

Triplet, and why that word matters

A cheap magnifier is one piece of glass. Look through it and the edges of the picture bend, and every hard edge picks up a coloured fringe — red on one side, blue on the other. On a stone or a hallmark that fringe is exactly the detail you were trying to see.

A triplet is three lenses cemented into one stack, arranged so those two faults cancel. The picture stays flat to the rim and the colours stay where they belong. It is the reason a jeweller's loupe costs more than a plastic magnifier, and the only reason.

The lens is 21 mm. Chrome-plated body, folds into its own shell, comes in a hard case.

Which magnification, and please read this part

More is not better. Magnification costs you working distance and field of view, and both go fast.

10x is the one most bench work actually uses. You hold it a couple of centimetres off the work, you can see a whole watch dial or the full length of a drilled hole at once, and your hand can shake a little without the picture running away. If you buy one loupe, buy this one.

20x is the middle. Good for solder joints, jewel settings and checking a thread.

30x sits almost on the surface and shows you a field about the size of a grain of rice. It is for hallmarks, inclusions in a stone and the tip of a 0.4 mm drill bit. It is not a general-purpose loupe and it will frustrate you as one.

What it is not

There is no light in it. You hold it to the eye and bring the work to it, and you need a lamp.

It is not a microscope. For hours of soldering under magnification you want a stereo microscope on a stand, not something held in the eye socket.

Shipping and returns

Free shipping in the US, 5 to 15 business days. Returns accepted for 30 days from delivery. Return postage is on you, the price of the item comes back in full.

Shipping is free on every US order, tracked, with no minimum. Orders are processed within 2 business days.

After that the number depends on what you bought, and the line under the price on each page gives its own. The drill press takes about 2 weeks - we do not hold stock of it, so it comes from the workshop that builds it. Bits, punches and the small consumables take about 6 to 10 business days because those do ship from stock. The engraving ball vise leaves a US warehouse and arrives in a few days - that one is the fast one. If one order has several of these, they can arrive separately and you are not charged twice.

You get a tracking number by email as soon as the parcel is scanned, not before. A link that sits at label created for a few days is normal on this route.

Returns: 30 days from delivery, unused and in its packaging. Nothing is excluded - there is no rule here about sale items. If it arrived damaged or does not hold tolerance, we pay the return label. If you simply changed your mind, the return postage is yours and the price of the item comes back in full. Email support@arvonelle.com before sending anything back.

Will it plug into a US outlet? Yes. The drill press adapter comes with US blades on it, and no travel adapter is needed. This answer used to say the opposite, and it was true when it said so - we moved to a supplier who ships the US version and changed the page the same day. The listing states 100-240 V, so no converter either, but we have not put a meter on one ourselves and the machine's page says the same thing.

Can it mill? As it ships, no. Milling needs an ER11 collet spindle in place of the drill chuck, because side load pulls a bit out of a chuck. That spindle is a real part and we are sourcing it. Until it is on the shelf we do not sell collets or end mills either.

Do your vises fit the press? The ones meant for drilling do - the drill press vise and the brass vise on its XY stage bolt to the base as it comes. The bench vises do not bolt down and must not go under a spinning bit. The engraving ball vise and the toolmaker's vise are bench tools too. Every page says which it is.

Do I pay tax or duty? Sales tax is added at checkout where your state charges it, and the total you see is the total. You pay us nothing after the order. If a carrier ever asks you for a fee on a parcel from us, do not pay it - send us the notice first and we will sort it out with you.

What if a part breaks? For twelve months, tell us which part and we post a new one free. No return, no inspection, no photograph of the packaging.

Can I cancel? Yes, within 24 hours, no questions. After that it is usually already moving.

Why trust a shop you have never heard of? You should not, on our say-so. Check instead that every page tells you what the tool will not do, that each product carries its own delivery number, that we say which figures we measured and which we were told, and that when we get something wrong we say what the page used to say.

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If something goes wrong


If your order arrives damaged or defective, email support@arvonelle.com with your order number and a photo. We replace it or refund it — you don't have to argue for it.