Show us your cool, "old" drill press

Mark H · Feb 10, 2012

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Here's my 'new' drill press.My two sons got together and bought it for my 50th birthday last week.
It's a Meddings 'Pacera' bench mount.Needs a clean up after being in storage for the past year or so but works fantastic,far better than the modern **** I've used.
Meddings were an engineering maintainance company from Slough,England.
During WW2 the company were commandeered by the War Office to make drill presses for the war effort.These early Meddings drills had the model name 'Pacera'.Not sure how long they made them for,need to do some research to date it.IT'S HEAVY!!!

ndnchf · Feb 10, 2012

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Here's my Champion Blower & Forge #4-1/2 hand crank drill press. Its a couple hundred pound of iron and it works great for being over 100 years old. It has 2 speeds and automatic feed. Pretty advanced for its day

Jack Olsen · Feb 10, 2012

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A lot of incredible machines in this thread.

Mine is a spring chicken, compared to most of them. It was built in 1973, so it's only 39 years old. It was a floor model, but I chopped off the column to turn it into a benchtop.

It started out a little rough:

WQ59B · Feb 10, 2012

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Couple guys here are looking for a project one: this one's available....

LSU · Feb 10, 2012

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Very nice thread.

I'm going to start looking for an older drill press to restore. I've been inspired.

Rust · Feb 11, 2012

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:thumbup:

Cool Thread.

Heres mine, Wartime Walker Turner 900 Series 15" Press with the rare 2' extension and flex lamp. It's the pride of my growing Walker-Turner fleet.

As purchaced:

After the spit-shine:

All it needed at this point was an original belt guard.

Here's a shot of the adjustable table support I made to reduce flex in the 1" plywood.

In it's natural habitat: the shop. I finally found the belt guard, it cost more than I paid for the whole press,lol.

Drill press off craigslist: 80$
Paint and prep: 80$
Rocklers t-track + parts 120$
Belt guard 120$
1"Plywood 0$
Original Flex lamp 0$
Time 2 weeks
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Having a really cool rare old press with High suckage factor, Priceless.

torqueman2002 · Feb 11, 2012

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Lots of great iron here! It's good to see so many people are giving new life to these guys.

Here are a few shots of 2 vintage CM DPs waiting for me to go through them.

Table Lift for Vari-Slo DP. And shop dog, sniffing out another DP. :lol:

A small picture of the CM 150 bench top.

I also have the table lift for the floor model, it's not installed on it in the picture. I bought and sold another floor model to get the lift.

Thanks for looking.

Red Leader · Feb 12, 2012

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Rust said:
I finally found the belt guard, it cost more than I paid for the whole press,lol.

Yep

jtbinvalrico · Feb 12, 2012

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1942 Craftsman / Atlas:

The motor is reversible. I removed the original ON/OFF toggle switch plate, flipped it over, and made a new decal to indicate FWD/OFF/REV....the 3pdt switch behind the plate consolidates all the functions into one switch:

It came with the slow-speed option, speed range 200-10,000 rpm:

The refurb is here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134711

Jimmy_B · Feb 13, 2012

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Here's mine. Walker Turner. I know nothing about it.

daveroy · Feb 13, 2012

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R6 Racer said:
Up until 2 years ago this was still in service!
It now has a position of reverence in our entry way.

Steve

HEY!!!! I have one of those laying on its back out in the shed!
Wife says it can't come in the house.

Tripp P. · Feb 13, 2012

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Just about have it wrapped up. This one was a freebie so any info on it would be welcome.

dieselmike · Mar 23, 2012

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just got it home tonight. waiting for me to restore it!

blunn · Mar 23, 2012

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My drill press isn't nearly as old or fancy as most of these but I did just recently tear it down and clean/paint it . I can remember when my Dad bought it about 45 years ago , it still runs like brand new .

emeraldcoupe · Mar 23, 2012

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blunn said:
My drill press isn't nearly as old or fancy as most of these but I did just recently tear it down and clean/paint it . I can remember when my Dad bought it about 45 years ago , it still runs like brand new .

what make is that? looks like a bee hive, real cool :thumbup:

Skyline · Mar 23, 2012

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ckadams00 · Mar 23, 2012

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Here are two CMan "150s" that I rebuilt at the same time. They were in solid shape to begin with - sold one to my buddy and kept one for my shop. Works great!

BB767 · Mar 24, 2012

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Tripp P. said:
Just about have it wrapped up. This one was a freebie so any info on it would be welcome.

That looks like the bench version of my Delta floor press...

I'm not home at present so I don't have a picture of the base but it's round. That allows the press to be moved very easily by just tilting the press and roll it around. It was purchased new by my Dad when he was 18 years old in 1936 and still has it's original Champion motor. He bought the Champion motor because he couldn't afford the Delta motor. It still wears all it's original paint and has it's original Jacob's keyless chuck. The muti-step pulley arrangement in the center was a Delta option as I recall that he added at a later date, I don't know when but early on in his ownership. He installed a remote on/off switch when he first got it and the one seen is a replacement for his original switch still using the original wire with cloth insulation. He also installed that work light soon after he got it but replaced it's wiring back in the 1970's. At that same time he removed the spindle and had it and it's bearings renovated because he was starting to do some precision work that needed +/- .001" tolerance and he wanted to make sure it would be accurate. Note the table has no accidental holes drilled in it. He made it abundantly clear that he would tan our hides if we didn't line the table up properly prior to drilling. I've got it now and I will pass it on to my son when the time comes and hopefully it will stay in the family indefinitely. I don't ever plan on repainting it, just polish the bare metal surfaces and keep it original. It's highly accurate and given proper care should remain so. I'll try to get a picture of the base when I get done flying.....shortly.

Thomas from the Restored 1930's Auto Shop

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51567

justin10054 · Mar 24, 2012

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My dad bought this from Lockheed in Burbank many years ago. He said it came from the building where they made P-38s during the war. I have a nearly identical one back home in LA that had belonged to my grandfather (who worked at Lockheed). He bought his at the same time as my dad.

Mark H · Mar 26, 2012

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Mark H said:
Here's my 'new' drill press.My two sons got together and bought it for my 50th birthday last week.
It's a Meddings 'Pacera' bench mount.Needs a clean up after being in storage for the past year or so but works fantastic,far better than the modern **** I've used.
Meddings were an engineering maintainance company from Slough,England.
During WW2 the company were commandeered by the War Office to make drill presses for the war effort.These early Meddings drills had the model name 'Pacera'.Not sure how long they made them for,need to do some research to date it.IT'S HEAVY!!!

After a quick clean-up I made a new bench for it.Now back in service and used daily.Works fantastic!

I managed to contact the manufacturer who still keep all the old hand written company records.According to my serial number,it's a MK2 model born on 12th Feb 1958!They were made until 1963 and the company still have a limited range of spares.

bent valves · Mar 26, 2012

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Here is a shot of my $60, 17 inch Rockwell drill press from the early 1950's. It is kind of old school meets new with the variable speed drive and halogen lamp. It works well and was fun to restore.

I got some flack about the casters but it is stable now.

Here is the original thread.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142652

Outlawmws · Mar 26, 2012

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Well, that caster setup does look better than what you had before...

Chuck McB · Mar 29, 2012

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Bent Valves I really like the stand you have for the drill press. I might have to steal that idea from you!

scw1991 · Mar 29, 2012

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Pic of my restored 1964 Delta 17" DP with 3/4HP motor.

pcfithian · Aug 14, 2012

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I picked up this beauty from a CL ad the other day, $75. In perfect working condition. I've only done a light clean up with some naval jelly and WD-40, lubed it where necessary.

It's a Crafstman bench model 101.03662, I believe it is 1941/1942 vintage from what others have posted. Someone has added a pipe extension to convert it to a floor model. Very solid, bearings are smooth and the motor runs perfectly.

Mickey O · Aug 14, 2012

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Just sold it, was picked up yesterday, it's gone forever, this will be it's memorial:

Lkdelta · Oct 3, 2012

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our drill press.. circa 1951

nine4gmc · Oct 3, 2012

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Here is a Rockwell 15-017 I picked up recently. I need a motor, motor mount, motor pulley and power switch if anyone has parts laying around, PM me please!

jtbinvalrico · Oct 3, 2012

1952 Craftsman "100"

CanUK · Dec 5, 2012

My new-to-me Meddings MB4 Mk2. Sold new on 16th July, 1964 and in remarkably good condition.

5spd, plus dual-range gearbox for 10spds in total from 80-4000rpm. 7/8" (23mm) drilling capacity. It weighs ~370lbs:

View media item 26385

kell0026 · Dec 6, 2012

here's my resto.

thightower · Dec 7, 2012

Pulled both out of my grandpa's shop last year. They both need work, which makes a good winter project. The big one is a Champion Blower and forge, I think the little one is too.

Outlawmws · Dec 7, 2012

Those are both cool!

Tarnished · Dec 8, 2012

Lots of cool old "ARN" here. Some really nice resto's also. Thought I would add couple of mine.

The Delta 600 was a recent find, all original and complete. Will get a clean up shortly. :lol_hitti

Alchymist · Dec 8, 2012

Quite a number of Craftsman "150" DPs on here - Here's mine ("Before", the "after" isn't done yet)

$75.00. "After" is waiting on warm weather, using it as is for now.

oldldh · Dec 9, 2012

gulfport.craigslist.org/tld/3378996642.html

On Gulfport,MS CL...not mine...

It's definitely old, and cool...

Antiquely priced, however...

Alchymist · Dec 9, 2012

oldldh said:
gulfport.craigslist.org/tld/3378996642.html

On Gulfport,MS CL...not mine...

It's definitely old, and cool...

Antiquely priced, however...

At $1200 looks more like modern day pricing .....

DJNACORY · Mar 1, 2013

I just picked up this old drill press, the guy said this was a Delta but I haven't found any other like it. Very few have the Quill tube like this on top. Does anybody have an idea who made this? The castings all say T11 on them (T11-403, 404, 406. It looks as though the original color was gray. The castings including the top cover are quite heavy.
Doug

Mike.ASC · Mar 1, 2013

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scw1991 said:
Pic of my restored 1964 Delta 17" DP with 3/4HP motor.

Pardon me sir , what is the model # of your drill press ? Beautiful restore job .

Thank you,
Mike

fflintstone · Mar 1, 2013

Don’t think I ever posted mine.
None are restored.

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