Grizzly G7948

6 discussions on HomeOwnersHub about the Grizzly G7948: what owners asked, what went wrong, and what fixed it.

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The hund for a replacement drilll press, sorta long

I have a 30 year old Rockwell 36" bench top radial drill press. I have had it for 30 years. I do not use it as much as I did in the past although I did recently design, build, and post pictures of a new DP table that I attached to...

The $4K Wood Shop

Having recently had a minor windfall, I decided to splurge and finallyround out my budding shop. I have a budget of about $4K, and theentries below add up to about $3K. The rest will go on odds and ends,lumber, and anything that I may...

How to control/reduce speed of drill press

I've got a Delta 12" drill press (11-990) with a min speed of 620 rpm.I've got a 3 1/2" hole saw that I want to use in the drill press, butit's max speed is 140 rpm. I've called Delta and they don't have anyother pulley arrangements that...

drill press - who makes a good one?

May be replacing my Delta 17-990 drill press.The run out is terrible and the service guy spent 3 hours trying toremedy the situation to no avail. On top of which, he found a lot ofbolts/nuts loose.Extraordinarily disappointing for what...

Decent drill press- gotta cheap out here

Today my Delta DP 350 broke. Can't wait a week or two getting it fixed. I need a DP like, tomorrow. Is there anything I can buy at HD, Lowes, Sears, that doesn't cost a bunch that I might have any luck with? I'm looking for $150-200.00. I...

Grizzly Drill Press G7948

Hi All, I wonder if anyone out there has any experience with the center pullybeing mis-aligned on the Grizzly G7948 drill press. I'm new to woodworkingand am having problems getting rid of the vibration in my drill press. Thecenter pully...

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