Advice needed on broken Delta drill press

[Phil S]

I have some broken trunions under my tilt table on my Delta 20" 20-950 drill press.

Replacements parts seem to be discontinued and out of stock - Thanks for nothing Delta, the tool is less than 10 years old

The original trunion castings are poorly made out of thin, cheap pot metal, I am surprised they lasted this long.

Hopefully I can find some better made parts

The first photo shows all the broken original parts, it looks like they exploded

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[DIYGUY]

Will this fit?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Delta-14-ba...hash=item19d941f823:m:mC3JgTgY8SzEQAi-N58drvQ

 

[Hmerkle]

Phil,
They look EXACTLY like the ones from my bandsaw.
(I would guess they are different dimensionally, but...)

The break looks exactly the same...

I went to the DeWalt / Delta store and got my replacements - guess I should have bought two sets?!

PLEASE let us know where you find replacements...
Hopefully more robust, less pot metal ones too!

 

[Phil S]

Will this fit?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Delta-14-ba...hash=item19d941f823:m:mC3JgTgY8SzEQAi-N58drvQ

It certainly appears this will fit. One dim is off by 1/8", but that is what unibits are for

Ordered two.

This is what makes NCWW so good. I got my question answered within minutes

Thanks

 

[DIYGUY]

Thought about this problem some more. Perhaps it would be worth some extra $$ to shop around for something akin to this:
http://www.peridotinc.com/custom-metal-casting-services.html

Of course - you need an original to create a pattern, and thus, pay for two to get one that will presumably last longer. Well, that likely rules this out, but twas a thought ...

 

[KenOfCary]

I keep hearing Delta has parts problems - guess its true. I had the power switch go bad on my Delta Drill Press so when I found a replacement I bought two of them. At least it stuck in the on position so I could just unplug it while I waited for the new parts.

Glad you found a solution to your dilemma. Those kind of trunions are on so many otherwise decent machines and do break easily.