Recent content by Old carpenter

I passed through your neck of the woods just yesterday, on my way from Paradise Valley to Helena to pick up an old drill press. Was a beautiful day for it. I just joined this group today.

It very well could be. The top of the column is drilled and tapped to accept the shaft for the middle pulley, and the hole is off set (for adjustment?). The whole column would have to rotate to adjust the middle pulley. Regardless, the added mass to the drill press is a nice touch, until one has...

Thank you for the response. I'll try to post some pics soon. I also have some questions about an Atlas/Craftsman I'm working on as well. I'll post as soon as I can word the question clearly.

It very well could be. The top of the column is drilled and tapped to accept the shaft for the middle pulley, and the hole is off set (for adjustment?). The whole column would have to rotate to adjust the middle pulley. Regardless, the added mass to the drill press is a nice touch, until one has...

Howdy all. Just signed up and here's my first post. I just bought an old Craftsman Monitor style bench top drill press. It's missing a few things but figured I'd use some parts and pieces on another one I have. I was surprised it had a middle pulley assembly, used to attain slower speeds. When I...