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It suddenly makes loud hums and not spinning. I have tried hand spin it to help start, but no go. I felt a strong resistent. Replaced the capacitor and the problem persists. 1) noticed that The motor shaft is very hard to spin even if it's disconnected from the power. is it normal? 2) is this...

I am restoring two drill presses- both quill springs are broken. 1) Walker-Turner 900- needs to drill two holes (kinda snowman shape, so the spring end get hooked on the feed pinion end pin), but the spring seems very hard metal and failed to even make scratches using drill press (tried HSS...

I'd like to get opinions/observations from Walker-Turner and Delta-Rockwell drill press users: Recently, I have acquired a Walker-Turner Drill Press- no model number imprinted on the label but I am assuming 1300 series due to 6" quill travel capacity. When I took apart the spindle pulley to...

moved to Vintage Tool Discussion https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/user-opinion-needed-walker-turner-and-delta-rockwell-drill-press-parts-compatibility.531752/

While I am restoring a WT900 DP (from multiple scrap), I ran into quill spindle variations as attached photo below. #1 no chuck was attached #2 Jacobs 6A 2A taper chuck was attached- chuck adapter is bit shorter and taper diameter is smaller than #1 #3 is even shorter but the adapter diameter...