10 minutes drilled a hole in a 3/4 inch thick piece of pine. It's all off-center and wobbles, ensuring my hole isn't perfectly round or smooth. The set screw came loose several times, dislodging the bit from the hole saw portion and requiring disassembly and reassembly while drilling a hole. Even the center drill itself is almost hopelessly unable to go through an ordinary pine board. I'd say if you plan on using it on softer materials than wood, the description says it should be easy to handle. By the way, this would be a good tool. But as I mentioned, everything is off-center. So if you're going through softer stuff anyway, I dunno, use a razor blade? Puzzle? Are there other things that you may already have laying around that also don't give you a perfect lap but aren't wasting your time and money?