I just set up the 17-965 Delta drill press - overall very easy setup - just heavy...I found one person could do it fairly easily (hey, I am over 65) by assembling the base, table bracket, and column (without the table), laying this assembly on it's side, and sliding the column into the drill press head (the heavy part) still in the box (but with the styrofoam broken away to gain access and the box elevated with the wood blocks supplied in shipment) to mate with the column. The column slid very nicely into the head. I then simply lifted the head and tilted the whole unit to the vertical position. From then on the assembly was a piece of cake.Everything worked nicely, and I found the unit to be fairly quiet. The cost of this drill press (including the mortising jig) was very reasonable - the next step up is big bucks!After I have had a chance to use this thing for a few months I will submit a followup review