How cool is this??? - Kijiji find

[SlowPoke-Canada]

http://london.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-power-tools-Old-Drill-press-W0QQAdIdZ487474495

$100 Missing motor

 

[fortson]

wow!! i would have paid that even without the motor also. that things to cool to end up on a scrap pile somewhere. would love to see pictures of it restored and operational. i dont expect adapting a motor to it would be very hard at all. good luck with it.

 

[SlowPoke-Canada]

I didn't buy it.

If I had the space and time to work on it I'd be all over it! I just thought it was such an oddity and perhaps someone nearby might be interested.

I thought there'd be more interest on the thread but then again, it's not an all-mighty craftsman!

 

[G_P]

Way cool!

Don't see much of the old line shaft machinery anymore.

 

[Burgerkong]

Bit of a far (4 hour) drive for me, plus I keep on hearing how camel back drill presses weigh 5-600 pounds min.

 

[neonnblack]

Someone here has 2-3 of these things working, cant remember who.

 

[thinmac]

Does missing motor mean it doesn't come with a 50' steam-driven line shaft?

I've got an old lathe that was made to run off a line shaft; it works great, but it's only belted to an electric motor, which seems a shame. I'd like to pick up another machine and actually set up a line shaft along one wall.

 

[justanengineer]

Does missing motor mean it doesn't come with a 50' steam-driven line shaft?

No, it very likely means exactly what it says, that machine is missing its electric drive motor. LOTS of flat belt machinery used factory electric motors, a few companies were still producing them even into the 60s and 70s.

 

[Adam McLaughlin]

Want it!!

Adam

 

[RCStocker]

I have used them in machine shops in Detroit and I have owned a few when buying equipment. That old iron will never die.

 

[G_P]

That old iron will never die.

Sadly it will when it goes ends up at an auction and the highest bidder is a scrapper.

 

[thinmac]

No, it very likely means exactly what it says, that machine is missing its electric drive motor.

I know, I know. I just want a giant steam driven line shaft.

 

[ears]

Sadly it will when it goes ends up at an auction and the highest bidder is a scrapper.

Hate to say it but I picked up a pair last year for $100. The bigger one was about 9 ft tall and 1200 pounds. In working condition. Two months on Craigslist and I scrapped it. Kept the electric motor. Just too big for most people.

The "little" one about 7 feet tall and 7 or 800 pounds is in my shop at work. Works beautifully. Some day I'll find time to clean it up. Still a big footprint.

 

[3xpendable]

That thing looks awesome. But would not want that big thing in my shop

 

[Burgerkong]

I meant functionally it works fine and has boatloads of power, but the travel is laughable at best and takes up a lot of real estate. A mill would be a better fit.

 

[454ragtop]

Just looked at a very similar drill here, working now in a welding shop. Power down feed, back gear, single phase motor, bunch of vises, small XY cross slide table, and a **** load of taper shank drills, chucks, etc. Wants $300. I don't really have room for it, but want it badly! Have to decide by tomorrow.
Jim