"Bill" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:
"Bill" wrote in message
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I want to be able to be able to drill peg holes in my workbench (to be),
and I wish to drill a 5/8" hole in the bottom end of a banjo neck, and
make nice square (true) holes on the other end where the pegs go.

One thing that the one I purchaed offered and I for got to mention was
the length of bit/wuill travel. Many are under 3" and that can present
problems in some cases. MINE IIRC trables about 5". The Steel City DP
travels 6"


According to Amazon.com, the Delta 17-950L I was looking at has a quill
travel of 3.875" and your Delta 17-959L has a quill travel of 4.875" (in
case anyone else is reading this). If the numbers were under 3", I would
look elsewhere. Thank you for reminding me about this feature (quill
length). Among a sea of facts, it's easy to forget one. I will read up
on the Steel City DP. Thank you!

I had actually boilded the decision down to the Steel City or the Delta that
I actually purchased.

I don't recall if either had more hp over the other but that is typically
not an issue since you can "gear down". My previous DP had 1/3 hp IIRC and
it was always adequate even on larger forstner bits. I just could not get
it to turn slow enough to prevent burning the larger bits.

My old DP was right at 3" and going up less than 1 inch was not enough to
justify upgrading for me. I could live with just under 5", 6" would have
been preferrable.

IIRC the final feature that sold me on the Delta was the multi angle tilt
table and its larger size over the Steel City.

I still don't see much point in the laser that came with mine... its good
for getting things sorta close but I can see well enough and don't depend or
rely on the laser at all.