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That was about a month ago. After drilling about 300 holes in wood, the drill press started making a grinding noise and vibrating excessively. When I took it to the repair shop the technician told me it was probably the bearings. The repair shop had to send the press back to Delta and I haven't heard a word from anyone since.While the press was working I was happy with it, except I would like a little more power for using hole saws on hardwood. He commented that Delta uses cheap bearings made in China and they fail at a high rate.
I have had and used this drill press for about 2 years. I have been doing machine work for 40 years,both as a hobby and on the job, this drill press is worth the $$$$$ I find the variable speed to be easy to use and why did'nt i have this drill press sooner, it would have been nice to have when building my street rod.It drills very accurately, excellent when you use tap drills,for threading stock.
The drill press is a good product but beware of the shipping and packaging. Luckily the parts that fell out were in my yard and I found them. The box arrived damaged and in very poor condition.
Things were missing. Amazon, really takes care of its customers. I have not come across the negatives other customers have left. Initially, my first drill press was delivered and was handled poorly by deliverer. However, Amazon, sent me another one and it arrived perfectly. Superior service. Once set up, nice instructions really helped, this drill press is perfect.
FINAL UPDATE: I picked it up yesterday total bill for estimate and repair $146.00. I am very disappointed with this drill press. I was impressed with its build and wanted a small varible speed drill press, I thought this would be perfect. I'll give a final report here when it's all over. Over the years I don't think my dp350 has more than a few hours total on it. I'd like to dump it in the river and buy something else, but I'm hoping my $155.00 will now give me the drill pres I thought I was buying 3 years ago.
Mean while if your buying a drill press buy a JET. 3 weeks ago it really started to make noise and vibrate and then the on-off switch started to smoke. I emailed Delta and did what they suggested. Needs a new Quill and switch and a few other things. He said they ordered the parts and he will check back to see how the repair center makes out.not to help with the $155.00 so far, but at least he's trying to make some kind of effort. I just got the call from them $155.00 to fix it.
They had a tech call the repair center I took it to and then the tech called me. All my machines are JET except for this one drill press and a Delta planer. Needed a new pulley,new switch,new belt and a new quill. It never was right and I'm going to let Delta know how I feel after I finish writing this. Just think twice before you buy one. Anyway nothing more from Delta in the way of satisfaction. He told me everything I already knew about the repair. I bought the dp350 new about 3 years ago for my home wood shop.
It was always noisy stiff and vibrated too much no matter how I tried to adjust it and dampened the way I have it mounted to a table. I was a toolmaker for 25 years and have used alot of pro drill presses. When that wasn't the problem I loaded it into my truck and drove to the repair center as Delta suggested. I think it's better than when it was new, but it should be considering the amount of hours I used it. Repairman did a good job, no problem with the service center. It kills me to pay this repair, heck I could buy a new one all over again for about $40.00 more, but then I'd have 2 boat anchors instead of one.
The planer is great this drill press is JUNK. I will write back if they tell me anything I should share with you. I told them I know I have no warrenty left, but I just wanted them to know how crappy their dp350 is and how unhappy I am. Buyer beware.// Today I talked to Delta.
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