I realize my last message was not appropriate. I apologize for any offense I caused.
I feel a more constructive comment would serve the list better. I have had 3 different tablesaws, 3 lathes, 2 drill presses and 4 different routers during the past 20 years or so. I really don't like spending money on the next higher tool when the model I am looking at will do the job. Why should I buy the Porter Cable router when the Ryobi has the same specs? Well, the answer is you don't know what you are going to use it for. If you can afford the next higher model, buy it. Chances are, you will find a use for that extra horse power or larger capacity. Also, if the tool doesn't have to work as hard, it will last longer. I say buy tools for life not a project. It took me a long time to figure that one out. Terry On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 22:24:43 -0500you write: > >Mine isn't anything like that powerful and I have never been close to stalling >it. Occasionally the extra drill travel is nice and > sometimes I expect the extra swing too. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:58 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Drill press advice. > > > Sorry, I sent the previous message before I was done. I am comparing two > Grizzly presses. > > The Grizzly G7944 > Motor: 3/4 H.P., single-phase, 110V > Overall height: 64" > Spindle travel: 3-1/4" > Number of speeds: 12 > Drill chuck: 1/8"-5/8" > Spindle taper: MT #2 > Range of speeds: 140, 260, 320, 380, 480, 540, 980, 1160, 1510, 1650, > 2180, 3050 RPM > Swing: 14" > Drilling capacity: 3/4" steel > Table: Precision ground cast iron > Table size: 11-3/8" sq. > Table swing: 360 > Table tilts: 90 in both directions > Approx. shipping weight: 172 lbs. > > Grizzly G7947 > Motor size: 1 H.P., Single-Phase, 110V/220V > Overall height: 64-1/2" > Swing: 17" > Spindle travel: 4-3/4" > Number of speeds: 12 > Drill chuck: 5/8" > Spindle taper: MT #3 > Range of speeds: 210, 310, 400, 440, 630, 670, 1260, 1430, 1650, 2050, > 2350, 3300 RPM > Drilling capacity: 1" steel > Table: Precision ground cast iron > Table size: 13-5/8" sq. > Table tilts: 90 in both directions > Approx. shipping weight: 275 lbs. > > Am I just being Tim the Tool Man Taylor by looking at the larger drill > press? Do I really need that much machine? The one thing that really > makes me like it is the additional spindle travel, 3 and a quarter verses > 4 and 3 quarters. Plus some additional throat depth and a little more > power. But will I really need that? > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > >
