Dave Black
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I bought a delta 17-950L a 16.5" DP at lowes in June, Like Glenn Bradley I had a problem with quill slop. I called delta and they sent a service man from a local retailer out. He put a dial indicator on it and found out that there was .005 movement on the quill unextended, and .018 with the quill fully extended. Delta told me to return it to lowes so I did, but they didn't have another in stock so I am without a drill press until I go to another store and get one. Now to my real question. Should I get the same model again or get something else, I am kinda gun shy about getting this model again and having the same problem with it especially since others had this same problem. I can get the 17" steel city locally for $499 which is $100 more than the delta. I REALLY liked the table on the Delta, It's 14"by 18", has a replaceable wood insert in the table, and T slots for mounting a fence. The Steel City's table looks like a pretty standard table. Any thoughts about these 2 Drill presses. I really like the split head of the steel city which would elliminate any quill slop, of course maybe I only like that feature because I had a problem with that, Thoughts?