Jet JDP-17MF

9 discussions on HomeOwnersHub about the Jet JDP-17MF: 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...

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...

problem with new (used) band saw

I recently bought a used Rockwell bandsaw, which had been refittedwith a Baldor 1 hp motor, that was set up to run on 220V. I was toldthat I could rewire it to run on 110V, which is all I have in mygarage. The saw ran on 220v when I...

Steel City Drill Press

Well, I decided to take the plunge and upgrade the ol' Craftsman benchdrill press with a real one. I've seen, and liked, the Steel City unitand am planning on buying it as soon as the local store gets more stockafter Christmas. The...

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...

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