One large radial arm drill press- FS, Colorado

[tarbellb]

Posted mostly for cool factor. Came across this on Denver CL.

Fosdick radial arm drill press-
12" x 36"
10hp
Power feed
1400rpm

http://denver.craigslist.org/tld/4717728082.html

 

[mikehaugen]

My work threw one of those away about a year ago. Absolutely nothing wrong with it but we just didn't use it. I couldn't believe it, wish I had the space/need for it because it would be in my garage now.

 

[wingnut_1]

That's a Beast!

 

[PBCampbell]

Good Grief! Only 10 HP?

 

[EOC_Jason]

Yep, I've seen a fair amount of shops that have them, but they are all in a corner and look like they haven't been used in decades.

 

[tarbellb]

Put it in the kitchen, tell the wife it can mix better then a Hobart.

 

[Matt Irvine]

It's funny you say that all these never get used,
We have 2 in our workshop that almost always have jobs set up on them, one 48" and one 60".

 

[ihatelaramie]

We have a 48 in our shop, worked until SOMEONE ran the head all the way to the end of it's travel, got it jammed, and broke a few castings in the process. It'll end up pushed into our solids dumpster one day, but not before I remove all the old USN/Army Air Corps/USAF tags that have been riveted to it over the years.

 

[Ign]

Yep, ran one just like that at Insituform but it had the integrated table on the column; table would rotate too. The table was basically as big as the footprint of the base.

We always had something set up on it. Nice machine, I enjoyed using it but the spindle taper was f'd and tooling would just drop out of it from time to time

 

[Lbcwanabe]

That thing is huge!

 

[James-W]

My work threw one of those away about a year ago. Absolutely nothing wrong with it but we just didn't use it. I couldn't believe it, wish I had the space/need for it because it would be in my garage now.

What would you do with it in your garage?

 

[Krash Kadillak]

I'd like to have it in my garage just because of the name........
Unfortunately, waaaaaay too big, though.

 

[ihatelaramie]

Yep, ran one just like that at Insituform but it had the integrated table on the column; table would rotate too. The table was basically as big as the footprint of the base.

We always had something set up on it. Nice machine, I enjoyed using it but the spindle taper was f'd and tooling would just drop out of it from time to time

Ours would drop tools too! She had a way of keeping things interesting.

 

[mtnwalton]

That brings back lots of memories; we had three at my first shop I worked at; one was about half that size, one like in the picture except with a 90 degree base and tables. It got the most use. And another much larger. Awesome machines

 

[mikehaugen]

What would you do with it in your garage?

Exactly why I let them throw it away. If I had the shop that I would like to have, I'm sure I could have found a use for it.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Here's another with a 6' arm... http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/tls/4719279775.html