Finished my drill press stand

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(08-22-2014, 05:09 AM)krv3000 Wrote: hi and a job well dun

Thanks krv3000 for the compliment.

My legs are getting worse, having a small DP along side the computer desk for small repairs will save me the pain of having to walk up and down stairs to get to the shop.

I was going to buy a HF 8" DP but by the time I paid for gas to travel to the nearest HF store or paid shipping I would have paid around the same thing as I paid for the Rikon which has a stronger motor. I gave $109 for it delivered free to our Sears store, a 30 mile round trip. The DP's handle is cast iron which surprised me. The machines castings look nice and it's table moves smoothly up and down on the column, it doesn't seem to have excessive vibration or be very noisy, the JT 33 1/2" chuck looks to be a OK and run out just by looking seems to be very little, overall I'm happy with it.