Recent content by Uglidan

The guy I bought it off was a third generation farmer, and was a self professed "cobber". He said that the motor was the second one to be on it and couldn't recall where he scavenged the motor from. The base and motor mount plate were both very rusty and I used some Eastwood rust converter and...

So after two days of searching and crawling through forums it appears that I have a 645-Triple-Duty-11-Inch-Drill-Press. I even found a manual for it. What threw me off so much was the fact that it was retro fitted to be a floor model (I thought that the base was awful small for it). So I guess...

This is all the numbers I could find on it

Forgot to note that the head casting says DP 400, but that number seams to bring up a much newer Delta DP

Yes, front belt guard is missing, I'll try my skills at tin smithing and see if I can come up with something suitable. Table is not in too bad of shape.

So I took a chance and bought this of CL for $60, it all works, though the quill travel back up is a bit rough. Don't have a chuck key for it either which leads me to my question. From looking online it looks like many Delta DPs from the 40s, but haven't found one that is quite the same, there...