FWIW... I own a Delta 11-090 radial drill press. It's light duty, yes. But it serves me well. I have not experienced major problems with slop or run-out, but it may be because I mainly use it for... drilling. (Image that.) I've found the angles it is capable of to be handy. Best wishes, Brian T. >From: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> >Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> >To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> >Subject: Re: Drill Press/Greg Newell's question >Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:28:49 -0500 > >Del, > When you say "run-out and quill slop...." do you mean radial >presses in general or just the newer Delta? >BTW, I'm not aware that Delta makes a desktop or floor stand version of the >radial drill press today. The only one I see in my internet searches is >the 11-090 and my local tool source tells me that this one is discontinued. >Is that the model number we're talking about here? > >Greg > > >At 01:50 AM 1/29/2003, you wrote: > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net> >>To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >>Sent: January 28, 2003 10:45 PM >>Subject: Drill Press/Greg Newell's question >> >> >> > If there is interest, in this lovely humongous fixture, I'll get one of >>my >> > computer types to bring their newest and best digital camera over. >> > BTW, this fixture was inexpensive to build. The whole design was >> > specifically for the Radial Arm Drill press. Because of the reach, it >>needed >> > mass to be stable, which it definitely is. (The whole thing falls into >>the >> > International Harvester Design Category[G]) >> >>As does the current version of that radial arm drill press. Don't waste >>your >>money on one. I don't think they make dial indicators with enough range to >>measure the run-out and quill slop.... >> >>Del >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >Greg Newell >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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