Wood Drill Press

Jet® JDP-17 17'' 3/4HP Drill Press (716300)

Features a sturdy cast iron head and a full 5'' of spindle travel with just one revolution of the handle.

Orientation and Parts

How to adjust the belts on the drill press to adjust the RPM

Always be centered over the sacrificial wood piece.

Setting the Speed Chart

Wood check - You want to drill a hole into a teak cutting board. Using the Janka ranting, which line on the drill press speed chart would you select: hard or soft wood?

Teak is more of a soft wood

Speed check - If you were going to drill a 1 inch hole in a piece of pine, what would be your target RPM?

Pine is a softwood . The target speed is1500 RPM

Belt check - For a 3/4 inch hole in a piece of redwood, the chart recommends approximately 900 RPM. What is the correct belt combination to select that speed?

C-2

Set up and Operation

In this video, you will see how to install a bit into the drill press and how to operate the drill press.

Clean up

There is no dust collection on the drill press. When complete with drill, sweep area and floor to pick up saw dust. Use shop vac to pick up pile.