Rockford/Jet drill press

[fuzzy]

I recently acquired a Rockford R14s drill press that is missing the quill.I think it an early Jet JDP14mf.
I am not sure if parts are available to resurrect it. I really could use a drill press of this size.
Does anyone know of a parts source? I checked with e parts and could buy a new drill press for less
money (If Ii could afford it!).
Thanks FUZZY

[metalmagpie]

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Guy 2: "Score!"
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Guy 2: "Just because you got an expensive thing cheap doesn't mean they make the whole parts line cheaper, numb nuts!"

[J Tiers]

That IS a bit cold.....

But the OP has the option of making a quill. There have been , in the magazines, a couple articles on refurbishing, so the basics on fitting the quill to the guides are available.

It's a drill press, so standard reasonable quality roller bearings should be fine. Interesting lathe project, with a bit of milling to put in the teeth for the handwheel pinion. That has also been covered in the magazines, the author did that with a fly cutter setup.

A do-able project, do it and write it up for the magazine! The magazine can use articles with good content.

[fuzzy]

Thanks for the feedback(all of it!). have been doing some research (and tearing it down).
I will post when I make some progress.

FUZZY

[Rex]

Check Grizzly for parts. Likely they are interchangeable, and their prices are reasonable