Dave Black
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I got the delta 17-959L recenty and really like it. I think it's around 5" quill travel. The price was good from acme tools too, about $550 delivered, the table is nice for woodworking. There's a higher end delta too, and jet that I looked at, as well as the steel city drill press.
why did you go with the delta over the others, I like the delta in theory but we originally bought the delta 17 950L and had to return it because the quill had so much slop, we ended up getting the steel city and I really like it, it also has a split casting so it quill slop would develop because of wear it could be tightened. I've heard that the 17 959L is much better than the 17 950L, but I'm kinda paranoid I guess. Does the 17 959L have a quill lock?