ShawnE Curry
04-10-2014, 8:05 PM
I picked up a used Delta 14-070 drill press on Craigslist over the weekend. I had planned to use this for my next project: mission-style bunk beds for my nephews. I picked out this drill press because I knew I could get a mortising attachment for it that I wouldn't need to "modify".
The drill seemed like it was in pretty good shape, until I got my hands on the mortising attachment and started to install the chisel holder to the quill. I discovered there was nearly 1/8" of rotational "play" in the quill, so it's pretty much useless for mortising as it currently sits.
It doesn't say if or how this can be adjusted in the manual. Did a Google search, and found a couple articles that made it sound like it can't be adjusted - its simply a "feature" on many of these "low-cost woodworking" drill presses.
My other smaller benchtop press doesn't have this problem. I may try setting up the mortising attachment on that one, though the chisel holder may eat up most of my clearance, and it may be more difficult to adjust the fence, because it has a round table with radial slots.
Anybody know if the quill can be adjusted?
The drill seemed like it was in pretty good shape, until I got my hands on the mortising attachment and started to install the chisel holder to the quill. I discovered there was nearly 1/8" of rotational "play" in the quill, so it's pretty much useless for mortising as it currently sits.
It doesn't say if or how this can be adjusted in the manual. Did a Google search, and found a couple articles that made it sound like it can't be adjusted - its simply a "feature" on many of these "low-cost woodworking" drill presses.
My other smaller benchtop press doesn't have this problem. I may try setting up the mortising attachment on that one, though the chisel holder may eat up most of my clearance, and it may be more difficult to adjust the fence, because it has a round table with radial slots.
Anybody know if the quill can be adjusted?