I have a Delta 17-950L drill pressed I purchased in April of 2008. Today it literally fell apart. I have(had ;-)) a Palgram cross-slide vise installed on the work table and was using it to hold a piece of 1/4 steal plate steady while cutting it to length with a jig-saw and suddenly everything is on the floor.
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The two trunions for fore and aft tilt shattered.
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Glued them back together to get an idea of what they looked like, here is also a screen shot of the unavailable part.
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Now I have questions since the replacement parts are no longer available:
1st. Does anyone happen to have a couple of these parts in their back pocket?
2nd. Does anyone own a 18-900L. Just looking at it's comparable part on screen, there doesn't seem top be a lot of difference. If you do have one and if it's not to much of a hassle, could you get some dimensions off of your trunion for comparison to mine. The picture below is your version if you have the 18-900L and it is available. Laying a ruler lengthwise from the left top edge to the right top edge, mine is exactly 4" the width, 90deg to the previous measurement is exactly 1.25". What would be similar to the radius of the arc, center top edge to the outside edge(pic bottom) is 1.25" Please tell me your is the same or nearly the same. Fat chance right? lol
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3rd. What do you folks think of the Wen 4227, in case I have to go for a new one? It(the Wen brand) shows up in most any google search for "best floor drill presses".
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4th. Does anyone have any other great options for me.
Edit: As and FYI the available part seems to be fairly universal, it is also used on band-saw tilt tables, I am assuming Deltas but... maybe others.