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Still working on this. My parts got back ordered. I decided to put the old belt back on after a good cleaning and to see if adjusting the poly v belt would keep it from slipping. While doing that and watching some videos on all of it to get it done, I came across another question. My quill has the ...

LOL - Sorry JPG, guess I didn't look at that screen close enough.

I'm sure my holes aw is dull. I don't think I have ever seen one sharp after the first hole.

I don't see anything stripped. I"m going to try a couple of new belts, a good cleaning and see if that does the trick. If not, I'll be back ...

Thank you WLM. I'll take a look at those belts.

The quill does turn normally when retracted. The hole saw does put the machine to quite a bit of work. It stalls quite frequently and requires backing out and reapplying to get through the material. Does the same thing on my stand a lone drill press ...

I searched and found a couple of threads that sounded like they addressed my problem, but didn't really do it. Hopefully I'm not asking something that has been asked and I just missed it.

Mark V - mid '60's era. I was using a hole saw mounted in the press vertically to cut some round blanks. After ...