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I'm making my own drill press i have a tread down in the drill press section, now i'm at that stage where i need to plan the drive setup, i have 1400 RPM 3/4 horse motor selected for this project, i've looked at factory drill presses some have 2 pulley setup and only 5-6 gears others have 3 pulleys and more gears, i suppose more gears better but i've seen big gaps in the rpm ranges, and i'll like some advice for the size of the pulleys of a good drill press with linear rpm range, i'm more interested in the slower gears, i have a morse 4 taper sindle made to be able drill bigger holes.