"Steve Turner" wrote in message
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Obviously you need the longer drill bits for the extra quill travel to do
you any good... They aren't that tough to find.

I've got a Ridgid DP15000 that I bought about 15 years ago. It only has a
3-1/4" quill travel and I've run into that limit WAY too many times; I've
been wishing for an upgrade ever since. I agree with Leon; my next drill
press will most certainly have at least 5" of travel, and that's probably
my #1 requirement. I've been casually looking at potential replacements
for probably more than five years now, and after seeing the Delta 20-950
(20-inch, 1HP, variable speed (200-2500 RPM), 5/8" chuck, 6" of quill
travel) I don't see how I could settle for anything less...

http://www.deltaportercable.com/Prod...roductID=15684

There you go, I am not the only one thinking this way. LOL

I just did notice that the 20-950 does have the 200 rpm as the slowest
speed, which is plenty slow enough for larger Forstner bits. And no
screwing around switching belts around to change speeds.