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So I wanted a different drill press because the harbor freight one I had wasn't working for me. So I bought a old craftsman at a yard sale that was not working correctly and went through and redid it. The motor was vibrating badly, and the spindle would not return or move smoothly. The chuck...

I actually think I found a way to get it together quite simply. I got 2 sections of 8" long 3/4 galvanized pipe. Then got some large 3/4 washers. I can use the pipe and the washer over ther spindle so that i can tap the bearing and spindle in place with a hammer without damaging them.

I am considering getting NSK bearings. NSK 6202-10ZZ I wanted to post a link but I am not allowed to yet. They have them on Amazon. My question is when I reassemble do I attach to spindle or quill first?

So a couple of updates. I bought a second craftsman to use as a part machine, but it is older and it also doesn't have the feed stop so that was kind of pointless. Depending on how this one goes I may try to refurbish the second one but the second one doesn't work at all currently.. No biggie...

Thanks for the info. I have few more questions if you don't mind since you are the resident expert. I had to take the drill completely apart because the old grease was gunked up and kind of hard so nothing was moving smoothly. Dissasembly went mostly fine. The bearings in both pullys seem to be...

So after looking for quite a while I found a craftsman 150 Bench model late version to restore. Everything is going well so far, though I just started on it today. I am having one issue though. When I got it home I tested it to see how it ran. And it seems like the motor has a lot of vibration...