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Alan H.
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I upgraded my drill press this past week. I ordered an Ellis 9400 drill press Monday from Elite Metal Tools and it arrived via Fedex Freight on Friday. This was another great job of customer service by Elite Metal Tools to get it to me so fast. The Ellis is anything but cheap but the pricing that Elite gives you is some of the best around and their customer service and communication is excellent.
I recently bought an Ellis band saw and was impressed with it. So that moved me off of top dead center to go ahead and get the drill press. I had been studying the Ellis for a while now and I am glad that I pulled the trigger. I spoke with Ellis factory reps on three different occasions with lots of questions to be sure that I understood what I would get.
It was crated up very well by Ellis Mfg. and Fedex treated it quickly but also kindly. I stripped the top of the crate off while it was in the trailer and then got it off. This thing is heavy. Ellis says 675# net (confirmed in one of my calls to them). I bought the press, their six inch vise and the ball bearing chuck they offer.
As usual, I gave the HF hoist a workout. This thing deflected the arm quite a bit! My son and I managed to snake it into the shop from the garage. This wasn't our first rodeo on that challenge. I tried to figure a way to stand it up with the hoist but only manage to get it off the pallet skid and partially rotated up. We finally gave up and stood it up by hand. I could barely handle my part. Glad my son is young and strong!
I gave it a customary bath in mineral spirits and WD40 to remove the oil and then moved it to its location.
Skated it to its home in the corner of the shop devoted to machining. More to come in the next post here.
I recently bought an Ellis band saw and was impressed with it. So that moved me off of top dead center to go ahead and get the drill press. I had been studying the Ellis for a while now and I am glad that I pulled the trigger. I spoke with Ellis factory reps on three different occasions with lots of questions to be sure that I understood what I would get.
It was crated up very well by Ellis Mfg. and Fedex treated it quickly but also kindly. I stripped the top of the crate off while it was in the trailer and then got it off. This thing is heavy. Ellis says 675# net (confirmed in one of my calls to them). I bought the press, their six inch vise and the ball bearing chuck they offer.
As usual, I gave the HF hoist a workout. This thing deflected the arm quite a bit! My son and I managed to snake it into the shop from the garage. This wasn't our first rodeo on that challenge. I tried to figure a way to stand it up with the hoist but only manage to get it off the pallet skid and partially rotated up. We finally gave up and stood it up by hand. I could barely handle my part. Glad my son is young and strong!
I gave it a customary bath in mineral spirits and WD40 to remove the oil and then moved it to its location.
Skated it to its home in the corner of the shop devoted to machining. More to come in the next post here.