JWho wrote:

"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
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Distance from the center of the quill to the outside of the post.
Sometimes
the post diameter is included. A 12" x 3" might mean 12" radial distance,
and a 3" post.

I think. It's been over five minutes, so who knows?

Don't trust us old farts without checking it out.


"JWho" wrote in message
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When they say a 10" drill press or a 15" or 20", etc., what is that
measuring? Is that the maximum distance between the drill chuck and the
table??

Thanks!



By post do you mean the pole in the back that holds it up?

No need to worry about being an old fart. It is better to have known it and
forgot it than to have never known.



just watch out if they say the drill has an 17 inch column. That would
be the diameter of the column of a radial arm drill. A drill with an
11 inch column would stand about 12 feet tall. G


John