Bought a drill press. What do I have?

[protegeV]

Picked this up from craigslist today. I needed one for the shop anyway and I thought buying an older one would make for a nice resto project with my son.
Dont really know squat about it, but it works! Paid $100
Has 2 small holes on either side that looks like missing I'd tags possibly. Cant tell if motor is original. The cord and switch dont look original.

 

[Maui]

You stole that Walker Turner drill press! It is missing the spindle cover and doesn’t have an original Driver motor, but it came with the production style table in beautiful condition and even has an original cast iron pulley cover. That is sweet!

Maui

 

[tarbellb]

You have a excellent candidate for a restore.

Congrats

 

[greg13]

That looks like too much work, You better ship it to me! Great score!

 

[VocaTexas]

You can usually find those spindle covers on Ebay. Not cheap, but they're there. I've got one waiting to be restored, and it's missing the cover too.

 

[Unruh]

That thing is awesome. I'm excited to see that restored!

 

[mikegt4]

Look in the "vintage tool discussion" forum, you will probably find it's siblings.

 

[protegeV]

Look in the "vintage tool discussion" forum, you will probably find it's siblings.

Damn, I wasnt even paying enough attention to notice that there a specific section for vintage tools. :tard:

 

[BolognaBlake]

Not gonna lie, I'd freshen up everything but the paint. I love the look of well used tools.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Protege, that will look pretty cool after the refurb. I would paint it the stock colour. But a hammered paint would also be visually appealing. What are your plans for it, how far are you taking it? Cool project to do with your son.
Good luck keep us posted.

 

[bczygan]

The pulley covers go for $250 by themselves.

Does it have 3 pulleys? Photo with the cover open?

Sweet deal BTW.

Bill

 

[406Rich]

Nice score...!

 

[ndnchf]

Great score. I have one too, great DP. I refurbed and resto-moded mine.

 

[protegeV]

The pulley covers go for $250 by themselves.

Does it have 3 pulleys? Photo with the cover open?

Sweet deal BTW.

Bill

It has 3 pulleys on the spindle but only one on the motor.

 

[ndnchf]

It has 3 pulleys on the spindle but only one on the motor.

I think he was referring to the optional low speed attachment that adds another triple pulley between the motor and spindle pulleys. This allows it to be geared down to lower speeds. It is a very desirable option. On mine, I used a VFD with 3/4hp motor to give infinite variable speed.

You also have the optional pulley cover that is a nice touch. They are hard to find. A few years ago a fellow on the OWWM site made a run of aluminum reproduction covers. I got one and added it mine.

 

[HoosierBuddy]

Nice! You stumbled on a great machine.

It took me over a year to find an old american drill press on Craigslist. Did you just stumble across yours or have you been looking?

Phil

 

[jonshonda]

Damn, I wasnt even paying enough attention to notice that there a specific section for vintage tools. :tard:

Welcome to another world of wallet draining threads.

 

[protegeV]

Nice! You stumbled on a great machine.

It took me over a year to find an old american drill press on Craigslist. Did you just stumble across yours or have you been looking?

Phil

Kind of stumbled. I was doing a search for "press" which would cover drill press, arbor oress, hydraulic press, press brake, etc. Just trying to fill out the shop equipment. This is the only thing I found worth looking at. It was posted <3 hours and the guy already had 4 or 5 people intrested. So I said I would be there at 8:00 a.m. even though I knew I didn't have a vehicle available that it would fit in. Gave him the cash, borrowed a truck from somebody at work, and went and picked it up at lunch time , lol

 

[bczygan]

I've got the slo speed one, but without the pulley cover or oiler/cap.

Bill