On Sat, 9 May 2009 20:58:01 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On May 9, 11:17*pm, Gunner Asch wrote:


Is it a variable speed? If so...they can indeed be noisy from the git
go.

Gunner

No. It is an ordinary single phase motor with very noisy bearings.
It makes a lot of noise when there is no belt connected to the motor.
A supplier like MSC would have replaced the motor or replaced the
whole drill press.
They made a mistake in asking Grizzly if the noise was normal. They
should have told Grizzly they wanted to exchange the drill press
because the bearings were bad.

Dan
True indeed.

Or they can simply bite the bullet and spend the $15 for new bearings of
good quality.

Gunner

"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with
minimum food or water,in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing
clean on him is his weapon. He doesn't worry about what workout to do---
his rucksack weighs what it weighs, and he runs until the enemy stops chasing him.
The True Believer doesn't care 'how hard it is'; he knows he either wins or he dies.
He doesn't go home at 1700; he is home. He knows only the 'Cause.' Now, who wants to quit?"

NCOIC of the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course in a welcome speech to new SF candidates