Drillpress update

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went out to home depot ,menards, and harbor freight, looked at drill presses, finally bought a wen 10 in at menards. spent the morning assembling it and some time making it run quiet. the thing that helped the most was a 1/2 in thick piece of foam between the motor and the belt tensioner.it really hums low now. decided that fixing a 30 year old $20 at an auction drill press was a real waste of time. and the 1/2 hp motor ran the wrong direction
the motor will go back into deep storage the burned up 1/4 hp will salvaged for the bearings and motor shaft.the chuck had .004 thou runout tried the old chuck it was only .002 thou. guess the old stuff isn't all bad.

 

[Firstram]

The runout might be the chuck itself, you could pull it and check the spindle. The old chuck might fit if it's better.

 

[chatter chatter cut cut]

The runout might be the chuck itself, you could pull it and check the spindle. The old chuck might fit if it's better.

the old does fit . tried both with a 1/2 in drill bit . will do more checking later.