Boice Crane Geared Head Drill Press Value

[Endeavour32]

I'm thinking about buying a drill press for my workshop and the one I am really leaning toward is a boice crane geared head drill press. This is the 24" power feed drill press, model 24103. Here is a link to the stats: http://www.sterlingmachinery.com/db-files/Wilton Geared Head Drill Presses Brochure.pdf

What do you think a fair value for this is, and what is your opinion of the quality of the unit?

 

[justanengineer]

Boice Crane made top quality drills, always impressive when a member wants to buy a good machine. JMO but as a buyer I'd want to be into one ~$700 with the intention that if I ever resell it would be ~$1k cleaned up and painted nicely. Depending on where you're looking to buy dont be surprised to see telephone number pricing, especially on craigs or ebay.

 

[MBfreak]

Hey, very much like a common machine in Sweden, ARBOGA.
Very vesatile.
An X/Y table will make it more so.
If you find one with a drilled thru quill so you can lock the chuck to the taper, light milling possible.
Some have a thread on the spindle nose so that you can use a collet system for precision drilling and also milling.

The Boice looks real nice to me.

Ola

 

[tool_scrounge]

Make sure that everything works. Parts (if available at all) are going to be expensive. Also check what voltage the motor is and is it 3 phase.a

 

[Endeavour32]

Thanks guys. It's a 3 ph unit, but thats fine. My Delta Unisaw is also 3 ph and I run it off a VFD. I need to go check it out and see if its as good as described.

 

[Endeavour32]

Ok- I finally picked up the Boice Crane/Arboga drill press this past Saturday. I've got it connected to my VFD and it runs great. It was no picnic getting this down 5 stairs into my basement solo, but I managed to get it done. It's amazing how heavy this press is, even when completely torn down.