Malaboge wrote:
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> Fellow Shop Rats-
>
> I am in need of a new drill press, and as I recall there was a thread a while
> back advising about buying one with a screw on chuck as opposed to a taper
> fitted one. Of coarse at the time I thought I had a perfectly good drill press
> and paid absolutely no attention to the thread...fool that I am...now I need a
> new one. I have looked at the usual Post Tool sorta places that offer a couple
> of units in the $370 range. One of these units is probably an "off shore"
> unit, Jet named. Anybody know of it? The other is a US made Delta unit.
> Unfortunately, both these units have a taper fit chuck. Anybody have a good,
> or bad, word for either of these, or a better suggestion.
>
> Christmas, humbug...I owe this to myself anyway...
> Nick in Nor Cal
Nick,
I'm curious why you don't want a taper attached chuck. Actually, my
choice is a spindle with a #2 Morse internal taper. This allows you to
change chucks easily, use taper shank tools and taper collet tool
holders.
Bob Bachman
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