Recent content by Slowjoe

Thank you! A huge portion of that is because of you, your knowledge, and your parts.

Here is the restored 103.23140 drill press. Excellent running DP. And that table lift is SOOOO SMOOOOOTH! What a great accessory. I haven't waxed the paint yet, because I'm letting the paint cure awhile before waxing. Many thanks to FrankLee, as well as a shout-out to 11b30b4. You guys...

Thanks, but its not the quill lock handle I need, but rather the Head Lock Handle. I do agree that the Atlas type is better than the set screw type for the quill lock.

Hi all. I have a Craftsman-Seeley DP with a Gen 1 (pointy A in Craftsman) badge. I have restored this DP (with a big ahout-out to Jim @ FrankLee). The only thing left is to repaint the badge. Previous owner painted over the entire badge with a very difficult to remove green paint. To get...

NVM about the tensioning. I was able to get it to just shy of 3 turns by hand, after letting it sit at 2 turns tension for several minutes, and that was perfect for the return tension.

Hi Jim. Back from vacation, and I did as you said about using my old pulley. It worked like a charm! I do (after the fact, obviously) remember that we discussed that when I met with you. I'll use the excuse that you are a wealth of information, and I couldn't remember it all. New question: I...

Ahhhh...OK. It makes sense now. Thank you, Jim.

Hi Nick. It came with a Dayton motor. I recently purchased a 1/2hp rebuilt Craftsman motor, which is what I will mount on this DP.

Hey again. I'm concerned about quite a bit of rotational play (? I'm not sure that is the right description?). I can turn the chuck a bit before the spindle seems to engage. I will take a short video where you can hear where it engages. You can see that I can turn the spindle slightly before...

Getting there! Just have to mount the motor and buy a pulley belt, and it's done. Gotta wait a week until after vacation to finish.

Thank you.

For some reason, I can't find the pictures and drawings for the 2 pulley bearings. Are they both 205KDD?

Am I correct in placing the bearing right up against the sleeve? i.e., the sleeve is a spacer to place the bearing in the right location on the pulley shaft?

Oh, ok. I pulled the spindle/quill out again, and I see a groove inside the casting where it registers. I assume I can install it before installing the spindle/quill? Then install the spindle pulley/sleeve/bearing assembly last?