"AAvK" wrote in message

It is a cheapy Chinese mini DP, $40 at the Homier traveling tool show.
Something like
4 1/2" center-to-column and with a 4 speed set of pulleys on top. Very
standard and low-
end, can't lock the quill in place. The motor is 1700 rpm (not 1725).
Works well but the
lowest speed has this tacky chafing sound first time I ran it, so, must be
some runout.

I imagine one could place a larger single gulley wheel on the front
spindle, or something
like that...? I know a variable speed DC motor and control board would be
really expensive,
after all the searching I've done.

Pretty soon you'll be up to the cost of a good drill press. Donate it to
some charity run thrift shop and get a decent 12" model. This one sounds
like just more heartache in the future.