06-09-2021, 04:00 PM
I took delivery of this drill press from Little Machine Shop on Monday. It's not going to win any quality awards but we'll see how it performs once I get it set up on its stand.
Some observations so far:
The column tube is very thin at only .0655".
The mount that the column is attached to is rather skimpy. At first I thought it was made from cast pot metal but it's some type of steel, just not very stout.
The column appears to be press fit into the mount since I can't see any welds or mechanical fasteners holding the two pieces together. That's a bit scary.
The drill chuck and arbor that came with it look very cheaply made but I'll install them and check for run-out before I go looking for better ones.
Some good points:
It has some decent specs such as a 3.1" stroke which isn't too bad for a drill press of this size.
It has an MT2 spindle.
It has a 3/4hp motor. Most of the other small drill presses that I looked at had either a 1/3 or 1/2hp motor.
16 Speeds 220 - 3600 RPM. I just wish the lowest speed was 150 instead of 220.
I can't quite get the head onto the column by myself so I'm going to remove the motor pulley so I can get the motor off. Then I should have no trouble installing the head unassisted.
Ed
Some observations so far:
The column tube is very thin at only .0655".
The mount that the column is attached to is rather skimpy. At first I thought it was made from cast pot metal but it's some type of steel, just not very stout.
The column appears to be press fit into the mount since I can't see any welds or mechanical fasteners holding the two pieces together. That's a bit scary.
The drill chuck and arbor that came with it look very cheaply made but I'll install them and check for run-out before I go looking for better ones.
Some good points:
It has some decent specs such as a 3.1" stroke which isn't too bad for a drill press of this size.
It has an MT2 spindle.
It has a 3/4hp motor. Most of the other small drill presses that I looked at had either a 1/3 or 1/2hp motor.
16 Speeds 220 - 3600 RPM. I just wish the lowest speed was 150 instead of 220.
I can't quite get the head onto the column by myself so I'm going to remove the motor pulley so I can get the motor off. Then I should have no trouble installing the head unassisted.
Ed