Recent content by Kenster

wssix99, my DP looks a lot like the first link you have there. But it has an expanded metal cage around the belt, with a sheet metal top. So the belt is fully enclosed. I'd guess it was a later model, when someone got interested in workplace safety. And yes, the belt/pulley enclosure would make...

I looked at cgrutt's drill press reduction kit, which adds a middle pulley. And it's kind of elegant in directly addressing the problem mechanically. But aside from the circular "radial arm" shaft on the DP, there is nothing to attach a third pulley to aside from the expanded metal lath keeping...

It looks like the options were 1) DC motor and VFD, 2) AC VFD, 3) slower motor (1140 RPM). The first two generally would cot more than just buying a new drill press. I considered that, but kind of like the old beast. So I asked the Chat at Grainger for a 1140 RPM equivalent of the ancient...

The pulleys look like the ones in the link above. So I assume they are original. I haven't been able to find a model number or name yet. An 1140 RPM motor would probably work. I don't know an exact speed I'd want, just that the slowest it can go seems too fast for some jobs, like drilling...

I have an old Delta Rockwell radial arm drill press; looks like this one https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/rockwell-delta-radial-arm-drill-press.439153/ But even at its slowest, it runs too fast for some jobs. Is there a mod I can make to slow down the motor? It currently has a Dayton...