Hi I have an old Delta 17-900 16-1/2″ drill press. I have no idea if its a type 1 or type 2. It doesn’t say what type anywhere on the machine. I want to replace the drive belts but I see the belts online listing them by type 1 and type 2 and there is a difference in price between them. Does anyone know if there is a way to tell as to the ” type ” of these drill presses?
Thanks in advance
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If you have the existing belts, take them to an auto supply or motor shop. They'll measure and match them for you.
Belts are easy,as the previous post states just replace them with a belt the same size...but for other things ( parts) you might actually want to know what series your machine is. Logically, I would think a type one would not state that it was a type one. If changes were made to a machine after the first version then it might but I have run into this with Delta machines and they really don't indicate what series they are on the machine itself. Maybe,if you have the original paperwork that came with the machine it might say there.
I somehow ended up with Delta/ Rockwell contractor saw. I had no use really for it so it just got stored away. My son bought a house that needs a great deal of work so we decided to set up a shop there and I began fixing up the saw to ship to his house. I had never fired it up or attempted to use it and when I did I discovered it had some problems.There was another Delta contractor saw listed on Facebook very close to where I live for $50 so I bought it. I was able to get from it enough to complete the other saw, and that was yesterday, but in reality even though they appeared almost identical they were in fact nothing alike internally. Very little was interchangeable and no reason to keep it for parts.
I have a Delta drum sander and it has had several series numbers listed as possibilities. I was able to ,by serial numbers, and a forensic search on line.... and it took awhile...to best guess that I have a series 2. With that said, with all the changes that Delta as a company has had and their absolute non support for older machines nearly every part you would ever need from legitimate sources are listed as " obsolete"!
Type one and type two aren't standard classifications of any belts that I'm aware of.
It's likely a custom class the manufacturer created, so you need to ask them...
I would just buy one of each and return the one I don't need.
You could also just take the belt to a local Graingers, and they'll figure out what you need.
You can't ask the manufacturer,they don't know, or care to know. The company is now owned by a company called " Chang" and does not support Delta , Rockwell/Delta or Pentair/ Delta machines. Hopefully they support the machines that they presently produce and seem to be marketed to big box store distribution. Series number specifications are for the actual machine itself...Changes that happened to machines after the original manufactured version. On the machine in question if the belts are different I would think it's a change up in pulley dimensions or type.
I previously worked for a machine builder that used the Power Twist V Belt in a number of applications. The belts were very durable and I never heard of any issues. These are universal belts that are assembled to whatever length is needed.
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+1 on power twist belts. I have them on all of my v-belt using power tools and they run much more smoothly.