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I didn't get the bits with the South Bend. got them about 5 years ago with this big Delta.

agreed. looked at a bunch of photos, haven't seen that knob on any. it is nicely made though and knurled. I like it. I had also read that the upside-down switches were only on early models, however someone had flipped the toggles over so that off is down, regardless of what the badge says...

got this on marketplace a few days ago for 100.00. has some issues. freaking arc of shame, motor has to be spun by hand to start (capacitor maybe)? some runout in the spindle, hopefully just bearings🙏.

that is a very cool machine.

oh, and the buyer didn't even notice the switch cover. :p

not sure if this is vintage or not. certainly not new but this is the latest addition to my home workshop. made in Taiwan and Fuho is still in business. they call the new version of this saw the VBS-1408. it looks identical except for the color, and retails for $6,049.00 in the US. the new...

ended up selling it on Marketplace for 550.00. was going to give it to my son but it didn't seem to interest him.

I've not had any other Craftsman motors of that size so have no idea. sorry. I'm not even what "milltype" means.

bearings are usually standard sizes. I like to use US, german or japanese bearings.

or it was replaced at one time. chances are it hasn't seen much use. if a drill press is owned by a hobbyist, then not many hours. think of how many minutes per week or month your drill press is actually running. now if it spent it's life in a commercial workshop, that's another matter.

there's some nice machinery on that thread.

there were 2 for sale when I bought mine. one was on the other coast of florida, had the stand like jmarkwolfs' and the original motor but was asking 450.00. keep an eye out for the old Craftsman disc sanders too. in some ways I think they are even nicer. there's a few on this site if you...

wow! that is beautiful. I have that same repulsion-induction motor on my 1946 drillpress.