angboy
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I have a Delta 12" variable speed drill press that is 10 years old (model DP350). I was trying to drill some blanks tonight and it started making an awful noise. We opened up the top and the back variable speed pulley part was ****-eyed. The spindle wouldn't turn by hand because the belt clearly doesn't fit around it with it ****-eyed like this. I guess when the DP was on, the motor was strong enough to force the belt around, but with the racket. The top pancake like thing of the back pulley set wasn't sitting parallel to the other. We were able to sort of push it back into place where it seemed to lock in and we found the small set screw that we tightened it with. But as soon as we turned it back on, it became ****-eyed again. I'll try to attach a picture, although I'm not sure you can actually see how off-kilter it is.
But my basic question is I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion on whether, given the age of the machine, I should just give in and buy a new one? I don't know if you can maybe buy a new pulley for it and replace that back one, but I'm also not very handy at doing stuff like that so don't know if my husband and I would be able to do it ourselves, and I definitely doubt that paying someone to make a house call to fix it is worth it.
Anyone have an opinion?
But my basic question is I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion on whether, given the age of the machine, I should just give in and buy a new one? I don't know if you can maybe buy a new pulley for it and replace that back one, but I'm also not very handy at doing stuff like that so don't know if my husband and I would be able to do it ourselves, and I definitely doubt that paying someone to make a house call to fix it is worth it.
Anyone have an opinion?