Ditto what Roland said. Also, if you do pick one up, you might
open the crate and look for obvious damage before you drive away.
Harbor is good to take back defective merchandise, but still it
is a pain to have to deal with it. When I bought that same drill
press, I discovered that the morse taper was loose in the box
and its smooth surface is easily damaged by banging into other parts.
They replaced it by stealing one from another box. (This can
be a problem if you buy the last one in stock).
Oh, and the free oiler is cheesy.
John Miller
>
> I bought one a few years back. It is OK and the price is right.
> Harbor Freight seems to have this model or one like it on sale all the
> time, so buy it now if you want but don't worry about the price going
> up any time soon.
>
> -Roland
>
> On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 17:13:16 -0800,Steve Hammatt wrote:
>
> :: I find it's time that I purchase a floor mounted
> :: drill press. In looking through many different suppliers,
> :: I've found that most of them come from the same Chinese
> :: manufacturer. At least the head casting is identical!
> :: Harbor Freight has a 16 speed (more than what I need),
> :: 1hp (I think I like the fact of 1hp, rather than 1/2hp or
> :: 3/4hp)[snip].
> ::
> :: Steve Hammatt
> :: shammatt@sos.net
>
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