$15.00 Drill Press (I'm 54, and she's older (PICS))

hofferwood · Oct 1, 2010

Do ya think She'll clean up?

She's old

I think it will (more to come)
Chuck

ImportTuner · Oct 1, 2010

Does it work? You ****

hofferwood · Oct 1, 2010

I thought she would

Complete tear down, clean&lube, and a home made speed reducer.
Chuck

mkdive · Oct 1, 2010

nice job! how did you manage it...what method did you use for the rust/paint removal?

JC23 · Oct 1, 2010

Sweet work. That thing looks nice. Dig the green belts.

sickytwisted · Oct 1, 2010

Wow. THAT IS ****!

RM209 · Oct 1, 2010

Excellent job! I like the hammertone paint.

RM209

DMessin · Oct 1, 2010

Looks nice, well done. What kind of belts are those?

bchee · Oct 1, 2010

That's a really cool idea on the speed reducer

north · Oct 1, 2010

Beautiful drill press and very nice job cleaning her up and with the speed reducer. And all done within 20 minutes. Gotta be a world record. :lol_hitti

peterj · Oct 1, 2010

Piece of art now - Great job!

mrholeshot · Oct 1, 2010

Very nice!!!!!!!!

Eric Commarato · Oct 1, 2010

Glad you saved the decal. Very nice restoration. You could nickname it "the conehead"

vette-kid · Oct 1, 2010

Why not stick with the original green? that would have looked sweet. Not that it looks bad :thumbup:

Packard V8 · Oct 1, 2010

Is the head casting aluminum or cast iron? Many Shopmaster tools have lots of cast aluminum parts.

jack vines

fflintstone · Oct 1, 2010

I want speed reducers like that on my drill presses. how did you fabricate yours? sombody posted one before.

Amitygravel · Oct 1, 2010

That turned out very nice. The older pieces have so much more character the current models.

woody 73 · Oct 1, 2010

The belts remind me of Link belts that I see in my woodworking catalogs,you just add or take out a link when needed.
Very nice drill press restoration,the very first picture reminded me of the cone heads on sat. night tv.

ironheadtom · Oct 1, 2010

That thing looks great. I'm going tomorrow to pick up some similar paint for mine if I can find some.

fordbroncodave · Oct 1, 2010

why didn't you use time period correct V belts?

lilredex · Oct 1, 2010

Really nice work on that one, a few more DP's over here:

http://www.owwm.com/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=746&tab=4&sort=1&th=false&fl=

A DP like that is pretty useless without that speed reducer, you get a gold star on that one too!

If you want to "upgrade" that chuck, have a look here:

http://cdcotools.com/index.php

I have their "25016" on my newer Delta 16 1/2" DP, and it was well worth the $$$.

jabberwoki · Oct 1, 2010

You SO **** i love that ******* i`m jeaous!!!??!?!??!!???>><>^$&(%&*(%*

Tink · Oct 1, 2010

fordbroncodave said:
why didn't you use time period correct V belts?

The link belts will run more smoothly than the V belts. Especially if it doesn't get used often.

hofferwood · Oct 1, 2010

First, I'd like to say thanks for all the responses :thumbup:

It was a G-sale find, last one on the way home, go figger.

mkdive said:
nice job! how did you manage it...what method did you use for the rust/paint removal?

Hey mkdive, the paint was easy, medium stiffness HAND wire brush. the surface rust on the main post, I chucked it up in my mini lathe(7x10), used the speed reducer as a steady rest, scotchbrite and it cleaned right up.

DMessin said:
Looks nice, well done. What kind of belts are those?

Well Dmessin, the belts are accu-link, I looked all over for them. Amazon wants close to $9.00ft, found it at HF(on frickin sale now)http://www.harborfreight.com/vibration-free-link-belt-43771.html

vette-kid said:
Why not stick with the original green? that would have looked sweet. Not that it looks bad

I looked for the Hammered green, but I couldn't find it handy. And I think it may be ironheadtom that said, kinda tired of green machines,me too, ie-id grinders,3and4 head vertical lathes,compacting presses(440 ton cinci's)

Packard V8 said:
Is the head casting aluminum or cast iron? Many Shopmaster tools have lots of cast aluminum parts.

jack vines

Yes, the head is cast aluminum, one piece, hollow and very intricate inside. It would be interesting to see how the inner mold was made. It is completely BUSHED (brass/bronze), with absolutely NO wear. I am amazed. The only bearing is the roller thrust(between the quill and shaft),cleaned and repacked. The base and table are C.Iron.

fflintstone said:
I want speed reducers like that on my drill presses. how did you fabricate yours? sombody posted one before.

Yes, it was "keep" the last post herehttp://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53716&highlight=drill+press+mods&page=2 Stole the ide'r from him Thanks keep. If any interest I'll post pics of it on this thread.

ironheadtom said:
That thing looks great. I'm going tomorrow to pick up some similar paint for mine if I can find some.

The color believe it or not is "dark bronze" Rustolium hammer, got it at wal-mart.

lilredex said:
Really nice work on that one, a few more DP's over here:

http://www.owwm.com/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=746&tab=4&sort=1&th=false&fl=

A DP like that is pretty useless without that speed reducer, you get a gold star on that one too!

Thanks lilredex, I found "OWWM" when I first got the old girl, If you check out the publications on that page, they have the shopmaster catalogs also. These dps were sold without a motor, so the one on her may be orig. to the press????
The chuck seems ok for now, thanks again

Tink said:

The link belts will run more smoothly than the V belts. Especially if it doesn't get used often.

Click to expand...

Absotivley, and with our winters up here, v-belts take a "set"

Thanks again all, now watch me take some heat

$16.00 HF closeout with cooopun
Chuck

Packard V8 · Oct 2, 2010

$16.00 HF closeout with cooopun

and worth exactly what you paid for it.

wantedabiggergarage · Oct 2, 2010

Please post more pictures of the speed reducer, and do you have plans for it?

hofferwood · Oct 2, 2010

Packard V8 said:
and worth exactly what you paid for it.

I agree! IF, you intend to use it as a "Cross slide vise to mill"!!! As I stated above there are no bearings in the dp for lateral stresses. My use for the x-y axis is to center stuff a little more easily (blind old arthritic pos that I am) :lol_hitti

So for this application it works quite well.
Thanks
Chuck

hofferwood · Oct 4, 2010

Sorry it took so long, but here's the speed reducer.

The main center section is a hunk of 2 1/2" aluminum round stock

I turned the minor diameter to 1 1/2". Then drilled the thru hole, cut the bearing recesses (bearings are from an alternator I had).

The shaft is 5/8" steel.
As far as dimensions and plans or drawings, I just did it all on the fly
Thanks gang
Chuck

Brad54 · Oct 5, 2010

fordbroncodave said:
why didn't you use time period correct V belts?

He touched on this, but I'll elaborate a little: V-belts take a set around the pulleys.. and not only will they be oblong, but they'll be egg-shaped as pulleys are usually one big/one small.
When you run the machine, that oblong belt running round the pulleys creates machine wobble, oscillation and vibration.

I've got a pretty nice Shop Fox horizontal band saw, with a small V-belt drive, and that thing bounces around so much that I have to let it run for 5 minutes to soften up the belt before starting a cut, otherwise the whole head of the saw bounces around.

That's just the kind of thing you don't want a drill press doing while boring a hole.

I simply haven't gotten around to ordering a link belt for it, but it's coming. In fact, I'm going to check that link right now.

-Brad

vectorges · Dec 23, 2012

I have the same drill press. It was my grandfather's, and he dies in 1972. I still use it. Recently the nuts on the little spring assembly on the left side opposite the "push down" handles loosened. Do you know the proper way to set the tension on the spring and tighten it? The spring has a hook on one end that engages notches in the case under the stamped steel cap.

BigDaddyUSMC · Jun 19, 2020

Well it is now 6-19 2020 , I just paid $40 for this exact same DP today at an estate sale. Sadly the top belt guard is missing so the search is on,,, besides being ugly mine is in great shape mechanically , needs to be rewired , cleaned up & painted.

dwcon1431 · Jun 19, 2020

BigDaddyUSMC said:
Well it is now 6-19 2020 , I just paid $40 for this exact same DP today at an estate sale. Sadly the top belt guard is missing so the search is on,,, besides being ugly mine is in great shape mechanically , needs to be rewired , cleaned up & painted.

I have one that's very similar, if not identical. I got it for free from my nextdoor neighbor. I already have a bench model so, with this one, I bought a solid aluminum pole and made a box with wheels to turn it into a floor model. It sounds like I feel (at 67) but, it works just fine.

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mv213 · Jun 20, 2020

That is now a sweet looking machine. Nice job!

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