Hi everyone,

Today I picked up my new Hitachi Drill Press, after reading various posts discussing the merits of different brands. The machine was assembled & on display in the store where i checked it over & heard it running. After playing with it for a while at home i noticed that the 3 pulleys appeared out of alingment horizontally.

On closer inspection with a straight edge, by holding it horizontally across the top of the motor pulley & extending it over the other 2 pulleys:

Intermediate pulley, level on 1st. side / 2mm low on opposite side

Spindle pulley, 7mm low on 1st. side / 8mm low on opposite side

This is certainly not an acceptable way to set up belts / pulleys.

The machine runs very quiet with no vibrations.

I would be interested to know if there are any other owners of this drill press who have noticed the same problem, and how you delt with it.

Regards

Alan