Delta Homecraft drill press

[Elkeee]

I have a friend tearing down a old garage that has this drill press in it. Not sure of the model number but what is strange about it is it seems to be driven by a belt from underneath the bench. If you look at the top of it you see a pulley on the side and it looks like the belt runs down the back of the drill press to a shaft? I did a search on these and they were made around 1950 or so but all the ones I have seen have a motor on top of them.

Have you ever seen anything like this?

What is the going price for this DP?

Thanks in advance

 

[ken w.]

These were nice drill presses. However you don't see them bringing hi dollars. $ 150.00 max .

 

[joe_padavano]

Delta made several versions of this drill press. Normally, the motor was mounted on the backside of the spindle head, as shown here.

This same basic drill press head was used as part of their DeltaShop tool. That was basically a table saw that took a bunch of accessories like this drill press (jack of all trades, master of none). In the Delta Shop application, the belt went down into the table saw and a drive pulley replaced the saw blade. It appears that someone used the pulley system intended for the DeltaShop to relocate the motor on the one you found.

And yes, I have one.

 

[Jon_E]

Sweet. Lots of nice stuff in those photos. I agree it's part of a Delta Shop; the rest of it is probably scattered nearby.

 

[joe_padavano]

Sweet. Lots of nice stuff in those photos. I agree it's part of a Delta Shop; the rest of it is probably scattered nearby.

No, look again. It's a free-standing drill press with a conventional base, not the one that bolts to the table saw. Also, the original motor mounting plate is sitting right on the drill press table in the original photo. The owner likely just got the pulley bracket from a DeltaShop press to run the motor below. Apparently the previous owner wanted to push the drill press as far back against the wall as possible. The pulley bracket is available separately.

 

[Norcal]

They are better than the ChiCom drill presses made today, if the price is reasonable, go for it.

 

[Elkeee]

Thank you everyone for the input. Thank you Joe for the detailed information, man that is some nice equipment you have!

I sent her the link to check this out.

Great site, I have some questions on my garage I will ask about later.

 

[tool_scrounge]

Nice compact drill presses. Quite heavy build for its size. 700rpm minimum speed with a 1725rpm motor. Nice speed for wood but high for metal. An 1140rpm motor lowers that to 470rpm which is reasonable for larger drills in metal.