A couple months ago I bought a Rockwell 17" drill press at an auction. It had a funny looking and obviously non-original motor pulley on it.
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I didn't pay much attention to it as I had plans to replace the motor with a treadmill motor to give me easier speed variation - especially very low speeds for drilling large holes. As it was, the lowest speed was about 650 RPM. Well today I was rearranging some things and had the DP away...
Interesting Gear Reducer On Drill Press
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I didn't pay much attention to it as I had plans to replace the motor with a treadmill motor to give me easier speed variation - especially very low speeds for drilling large holes. As it was, the lowest speed was about 650 RPM. Well today I was rearranging some things and had the DP away...
Interesting Gear Reducer On Drill Press