Drill press-old Sears or new import??? - Page 2

PenMan1 · 02-20-2012, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesB

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Originally Posted by PenMan1

I go to HD and get the big floor model Ridgid 15 inch Drill Press. It is every day priced at less than $300. If you are a HD credit card customer or open an account, they will give you 10 percent off and 12 months same as cash. The drill press has a lifetime warranty.

It looks like only a 3 year warranty now from the Ridgid website. HD website sayd "online exclusive" at $499.00 guess I should go and check it out.

Unless Ridgid has changed policy recently, they will upgrade the standard warranty to lifetime warranty when you register the tool online.

Lenny · 02-20-2012, 03:11 PM

Lenny, JamesB:
I have had the same drillpress as this and yours forever. I hated it, I lost most of my religion everytime I changed height. I was at a friends house as he was changing a motor and noticed the hydralic cylinder was a long stroke. He had replaced it with an HF cylinder. I waited for a sale and bought it for under 40.00 with a coupon. I mounted it on a plate on the tube that was already there, used large radiator hose clamps to hold against the tube and then it fit right under table like a glove.

Thanks Mike!
I now drill pen blanks on my lathe but I may make use of this modification when the weather is warmer!

76winger · 02-20-2012, 03:29 PM

Being frugal minded, I would have initially said to go with the Craftsman and maybe try to get a little better deal either in less money or something thrown in with it.

But if that thing doesn't have a crank for raising the plate up and down, you'd be in for some headaches. Thus I'd recommend finding a different used one or going with the new suggestions.

JamesB · 02-21-2012, 05:27 PM

Probably gonna go with the HF. It would probably be about 5 years by the time I do any modification to the table so just spend the extra dough for convenience. Or maybe I can wait for a Powermatic to be on sale for $299. Ha

JamesB · 02-22-2012, 09:47 PM

Going a bit farther back on Craigslist I see a circa 1950s Shopsmith for $450 OBO. That can be used as a DP right? And maybe I can rid myself of my Black&Decker tablesaw too. Heard the table saw was the weak spot on a shopsmith but better than a cheap benchtop saw. The guy is supposed to send me pics soon, I'll stick them on here somewhere for input from other SS users, hopefully.

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02-20-2012, 03:11 PM	#12 (permalink)
Lenny Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Searsport, Maine Posts: 2,498 Photos: 47	Lenny, JamesB: I have had the same drillpress as this and yours forever. I hated it, I lost most of my religion everytime I changed height. I was at a friends house as he was changing a motor and noticed the hydralic cylinder was a long stroke. He had replaced it with an HF cylinder. I waited for a sale and bought it for under 40.00 with a coupon. I mounted it on a plate on the tube that was already there, used large radiator hose clamps to hold against the tube and then it fit right under table like a glove. Thanks Mike! I now drill pen blanks on my lathe but I may make use of this modification when the weather is warmer!

02-21-2012, 05:27 PM	#14 (permalink)
JamesB Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: South Carolina Posts: 149 Photos: 0	Probably gonna go with the HF. It would probably be about 5 years by the time I do any modification to the table so just spend the extra dough for convenience. Or maybe I can wait for a Powermatic to be on sale for $299. Ha

02-22-2012, 09:47 PM	#15 (permalink)
JamesB Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: South Carolina Posts: 149 Photos: 0	Going a bit farther back on Craigslist I see a circa 1950s Shopsmith for $450 OBO. That can be used as a DP right? And maybe I can rid myself of my Black&Decker tablesaw too. Heard the table saw was the weak spot on a shopsmith but better than a cheap benchtop saw. The guy is supposed to send me pics soon, I'll stick them on here somewhere for input from other SS users, hopefully.