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(Drew Eckhardt) wrote:

The motor that came with my 17-965 vibrated enough that without a link-belt
wood would walk off the table. The local motor shop (authorized Delta
Warranty center) said cheap Chinese motors did that.

I had a similar problem with a Griz 17" DP, although it sounds like
you had it worse. After the third motor showed no improvement over the
first two, I solved it with some rubber doughnuts to make a vibration
absorbing motor mount, combined with linkbelts. Works well and even
with the extra expense of the motor mounts and linkbelts it was less
expensive than a DP that worked right to begin with. I still get POed
when I think about it, though, since I certainly should not have to do
that to make it run vibration free.
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