Biggest, best ever shop-made drill press?

[Packard V8]

A friend bought this monster and asked me to bring my liftgate F250 to haul it home.

EVERY !!! piece of this was shop made many years ago by a now-93-year-old guy named Del. It has a #5MT spindle, 3hp Reeves drive, power down feed, stands more than 7' tall and weighs a young ton. It's the most impressive home-built I've ever seen.

jack vines

 

[pi_guy]

There were bigger ones at a train repair workshop.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

Would his name happen to be Steve?

 

[Dussemberg]

Don't you just love guys like Mr. Del that can put together something like that? Pretty impressive.

 

[Packard V8]

That Del's still getting around at 93 is pretty impressive. I'll take some better photos when Larry gets it cleaned up. That two 70+old guys were able to get it out, to his shop and upright without serious injury was a pretty good day's work in itself.

jack vines