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Very nice drill press, well done! That looks like a Logan (maybe a 200) lathe next to it. Nice combination.

FYI, The image the decal was made from came from the Vintage Machinery website where users post their artwork for others to use. http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/Decals-Craftsman.ashx

Only one way to fine out! JoCoSawdust got me thinking and since I don't need the extra decals, I tried putting rubbing alcohol, odorless mineral spirits, VM&P, lacquer thinner and acetone on the face with Q-tips and none had any effect other than bleeding into the backing paper around the...

The decals arrived and look good. Definitely worth a little over a buck. Now I need three more 40's Craftsman drill presses to use the other decals.

In researching my 103.0305 Mohawk drill press on this site, there were several unrestored examples that had a decal on the head which looks like this... I wanted to add one of these to my drill press but the only eBay seller with this style decal wanted almost $20 delivered, which is a...

When I got this, it was just a bare pump and in it's previous life with my ex-father-in-law it took about twenty minutes to build up enough pressure to fill a tire. It's a Devilbiss 120 and I'm not sure of the vintage but believe it's 40's or 50's. The valve seating surfaces on the valves were...

I never noticed before but after looking at the Ceylon comparison above it struck me that the upper head badge being painted blue just didn't look right. I took it off and it was painted semi-gloss black on the back side. I looked in the online owner's manual and it was light colored, zinc...

The final step was to form the thread blank to the threaded rod and turn between centers, split the two halves and install them into the modified original half nuts. Not shown are the four 4mm cap screws (it's what I had leftover from another project) that hold the Acetal inserts in the...

I used it like this (with the addition of a Chinese QC toolpost) for years to make a variety of parts, including parts for putting a couple of old motorcycles (the reason I bought it in the first place) back on the road. Below is the first part I made on the Logan which also happens to be the...

In my recent post, I mentioned making some of the parts for my Craftsman Mohawk slow speed attachment on my 1946 Logan lathe so I thought I post a little about it. I bought it from a Craigslist ad many years ago (12 I think?) as a well-used and pretty tired machine. Thanks to Scott Logan I...

Thanks Roberts210, It's nice to finally have it the way I always wanted it and it only took 20 years!

For those looking for a spring, here's what I used. I don't have an original spring knob to measure so I don't know for sure they will work but they might and for $8.oo it wouldn't be a big risk to try them. Note: It takes two springs to get the correct width.

Oops, almost forgot the best part. I checked the quill/chuck runout with a piece of ground stock in the chuck and a dial indicator and it was just a hair over 0.002" which amazed me for an 80 year old drill press used everyday in a business. They don't make them like they used to...

P.S. I always thought the belt guard looked like a Ceylon helmet from the OLD Battlestar Galactica TV series...

I hope this helps somebody wanting to add a slow speed attachment to their Mohawk and illustrates that it can be done but it's not trivial, especially without a lathe. (and even with a lathe!)

The final upgrade was to get this classic drill press up off of the floor where I have been using it for the last 20 years and onto a proper stand. (Yes, I can be astoundingly lazy when I choose to be.) And it tucks back nicely next to the lathe and can be wheeled around to wherever it's...

The last fix was to figure out what happened to the spring tensioner for the quill handle as the handle slammed back and forth as you turned the quill feed. After a little research I read about the spring and friction "shoe" that was supposed to be behind the handle. After removing the handle...

The real reason I wanted to start this thread was that in all my looking at other Mohawk restorations I never saw one that had a slow speed attachment. I always wanted one as the 600 rpm lowest speed of this model was too high for bigger bits, hole saws or when drilling stainless. I thought...

I also added an on/off switch as it never had one before...much nicer now.

I'm new here and this is my first post so hello to everyone. First let me say this is a great site and has tons of good info on this model drill press in particular and vintage drill presses in general. I was given a Craftsman 103.0305 Mohawk drill press by a friend who got it from his uncle...