I have a smallish benchtop Delta too, and it seems to have all the features you guys have been talking about. I have to change speeds manually, by moving the belt, but I do that so infrequently it's not really a problem.
Bill Stephan, Kansas City MO Email: [email protected] Phone: (816)803-2469 -original message- Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] drill press locking mechanism From: john schwery <[email protected]> Date: 01/08/2009 06:08 My Delta is a bench top and I like it. Wi6th my collar type depth stop, I can lower the quill and set the stop so the quill will not raise. Nice for lowering the bit to get it closer to the work. earlier, Dale Leavens, wrote: >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: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[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: <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>[email protected] >Tel: (412) 268-9081 > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.5/1882 - Release Date: >1/8/2009 8:13 AM John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
