Well, consider price too. While my old Delta doesn't have a lock as such it does lock at top and bottom of travel. For set-up though I generally raise the table up close then raise the material to the tip of the bit and feel my way into the punch mark.
If you have a few bucks left over you might like to consider a good X Y axis sliding vise. I rather wish I had one and one day doubtless I shall. You might be satisfied too with a bench height press. Mine is a floor model and I don't regret that particularly except that so far I have never needed more than about two feet of height. In a small shop the cabinet under the press might well be welcome. The question is, as always, what do you require of a drill press. usually it is repeatable precision drilling. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] drillpress locking mechonism Dale, All the models I looked at have a depth stop. They do not all have a quill lock though. So, you cannot lower the spindle and lock it in place while you adjust your material. There is a smaller lighter Grizzly as well, but if I am going to ignore some of the negative reviews, I might as well go with the delta. Griz got a few negative reviews as well. So, woe is me. What to do? What to do? The biggest negative on the larger Griz is just going to be man handling that beast up all the damn stairs. I can probably do it in pieces though. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
