These link belts work great! I have replaced the original v-belts on my table saw, band saw, jointer and drill press and I have noticed a bit more power and a noise reduction on each piece of equipment.
Lee Valley's price is about 25% higher than I paid for the same belt material at a local tool supply house. It might pay to shop around locally. Regards, Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomson, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:15 AM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Cheap drill press for shop > I bought one of these earlier this year. It is okay but I've had a couple of > problems. > > The major problem was that the casting of the interior of the table support > "carriage" that fits over the column and rack was so bad that the helical > and worm gears that allow the height of the table to be adjusted via the > rack wouldn't fit properly. I can still use the drill press but I have to > slide the table up and down the column by hand. This makes precise > positioning very difficult. > > I called Harbor Freight and told them about the problem. They assured me a > replacement part would arrive in about 8 to 12 weeks. That was 8 months ago. > > The other problem is slippage of the V-belts. I can't seem to get enough > tension on them to stop them from slipping momentarily. I'm going to replace > the belts with link belts... > > http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=2&page=30051&category= > 1,240,41067 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Reeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: October 19, 2003 2:26 PM > To: clubmaker online > Subject: ShopTalk: Cheap drill press for shop > > > RK can double check this, but this appears to be a good > candidate for occassional clubmaking machine work: > > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=44836 > > 12 speeds (250, 340, 510, ... 3600 rpm) > 1/2 hp; 3.5 amp > 2 3/3" spindle stroke; 10" swing > > US$99.99 plus shipping and handling $8.99 > > I found some other bench tops that were as low as 140 rpm, but were > roughly $180 + $55 shipping. > > /Ed >
