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Brian, do you have any pics of your engine turning? I would like to see how it came out.

Motorcitykid, congratulations on your 150. I always like to hear when people find the videos and/or the threads here on GJ to be useful in getting their drill presses running. Your table surface on that 150 looks like its in good condition, that machine should serve you for your lifetime. Jeff

The wait is over. New video series on the rebuilding of this grinder is in the works and part 1 premiers in one week on 8/21/2023 at 10:00 am EST. Here is a link to the series. Part 1 is just background and information, I get into disassembly in Part 2. Enjoy...

Not sure but this may help. http://alloy-artifacts.org/index.html

Viper GTS, sounds like that one for $150 is more feasible if its still available. Just to let you know, all the commercial models are basically the same. The only significant differences were in the power switch layout, data panel graphics colors. It was the power switch layout that...

Viper GTS, the model number 113.24520 could be anywhere between 1978 and 1983; although, I have only seen 24520 machines produced in 1983 like the one I rebuild and made the video series on. As for the motor information it really does not make any sense to me. Typically, I want to see the motor...

I have never seen a Vari-Slow attachment in person but the manual shows 3 belts. 12”, 17”, and 20” V-belts. I assume they are all ½” belts. Here is a link to the manual. http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/222/3013.pdf

Frank showed me some pics of this a while back and i have been drooling over how I want to build something similar. As always FrankLee has outdone himself. Wonder job my friend.

Same here but I have learned that when I wire wheel small parts if I don't wear gloves then I loose all seven layers of skin quite quickly.

Southern83, thanks for the information. I have been looking as some of those Baldor stands. Rd65, I completely agree. Hoorn, thank you for looking, I figured if anyone would know it would have been you. Anyway, I will start tearing down this grinder in the coming weeks. This will probably...

It has been a while since I posted in this thread. Southern83, what stand is that on your grinder? I am currently looking for a good stand that is close in appearance to the Delta OEM cast iron stand. Snip’s I like that bearing packer. So, I may be finally getting around to rebuilding my...

KS, I think FrankLee covered this nicely, but I will add a few observations. I do not believe that gravity has a significant effect on the motor. The electromagnetic force that is created by the stator will force the rotor to center regardless of its orientation and everything I have seen with...

Is it better? that would depend on what you want in a band saw. I like my 60.

did you mean the 24280 and not 24680? The 24280 has a different outer case and a different belt tension system that can be manually adjusted from the knob on top. also the 80 does not have the quick tension release that the 60 has. I hope that helps.

VW, all the information about the gaskets, bearings, etc can be found in this thread: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/craftsman-drill-press-information-belts-bearings-chucks-keys-etc-1946-1984.489080/ So there are a total of 4 ball bearings in drill press. The top two under the top...

Xander, good job on getting the runout down a bit. As for the noise and the column. The column should not go all the way to the floor. If you look at the underside of the base you should notice that the bottom column bore (there are three) is about 1/8” above the floor. My method for mounting...

You should be able to locate one on ebay. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=craftsman+wood+lathe&_sacat=0

Congrats on the 100 dp and the vari-slow. I believe this is a replacement arm for the arm that is broken but check with the seller before you buy it...

You can remove the thrust collar but it is a real pain in the **** since it has a blind taper pin. I did not remove mine on the spindle I corrected. I chucked the spindle in my metal lathe all the way to the top of the thrust collar and went with that. If you do try to remove the thrust collar...

As I understand it, almost all “bent” Craftsman spindles are bent between the thrust collar and the taper. This is caused by lateral force applied to the spindle when using the drill press for shaping and other types of operations that apply this side force. That being said it can be corrected...