Was out in the roadster today just putting along and saw a yard sale sign, made quick U turn and pulled over. An old gal was selling her late husband's junk, hardware and tools. 'asked about the old drill press, (as if I need another) she said $50, I said sold. Went home got the truck and brought it home.
Now need to figure out where to put it.. Already have a good old drill press, a Boyce Crane, but it's not a floor model and doesn't have a crank raising bed like this Delta.
That's pretty cool! I got an old Sibley Camel Back drill press sitting by the small door in the shop, almost 7' tall. Had it 30 yrs & never used it!
I plan on getting this one going one day, I'd like to put an x-y table and milling vice on it and use it for light milling.
Here are mine, a Craftsman, and a Hamilton. The Hamilton is for small precision work.I have one in my shop at work (in much better condition)It's got two step pulleys for high and low range.The rear pulley is connected to a steel cone. The cone is rotated by a spring loaded rubber topped cup, with a face with the same angle as the cone, attached to the motor. The motor slides on angled rails, so the rubber face contacts different areas of the cone to change speed.The 3rd photo shows the position for low speed, and the 4th is almost full speed.
I have a Delta like the first one but without power feed and I have a larger table with a water trough around the edge. It had a million holes in the table so I bolted on a new plate over it.
A Delta radial drill, intended for woodworking. It's good for small holes in steel. Handy for drilling angled holes. No idea what year it was new. I traded an old Montgomery Wards Sea King 5 hp outboard motor for it. The outboard motor was headed to the scrap yard and the drillpress was in a corner of a garage collecting rust, dust and grime. So the only investment in it is the new drive belt. And a few hours cleaning it up. Haven't gotten to the Rimac yet. It's on my workbench waiting it's turn.
This is my dads Craftsman. It still has the part number riveted to its base. I’m sure it was purchased in the 40’s. It was always in our back/garage shop when I was growing up. I don’t know why he didn’t use it in the precision machine shop he owned. He was a wind tunnel model maker. You can see the additional bracket he added with a multi-pulley for more speeds. I’ve had it on of his old benches since 1971 when I moved in to home. He died in 1963.
I inherited my Father-In -Law's Sprunger 14" table top drill press, #92382. It seems like a quality piece but the quill wobbles just a bit. Any idea how old it is? I'd guess maybe 1950's?
Google is your friend, the complete history is there. It started in '47. You may have a bad bearing, should be an easy fix.
This is a oil painting done by my brother of the drill press my father made as a teenager probably early 50’s It’s still in use today He told me the steering wheel is from a Willys-Knight That makes since because he also talked about working on a sleeve valve engine
I bought this from one of the "greatest generation" when he decided to move to Florida. He was a pilot and NASA engineer and was a talented woodworker as well.
I acquired a old Buffalo table model. did some research about a tag on the base. was contacted by some one in mid west(I'm in NYS) with one just like mine wth same tag and numbers. he thought the tags were from a factory and both of ours came from the same factory
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