drill press help

[1930artdeco]

CL posting ID #3053175550 (bay area, ca)

Hi all,

I just closed the deal on a 40's table top drill press and need some info. It does not come with the adj. table top, where do I find one? It also looks like it needs one of the three turning arms which I figure should not be that hard to find.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[camarotoolman]

you probably will have to make the table, anything that old willn't have parts. use a piece of threaded rod or a bolt for the handle.

 

[zuk123]

^^ on the other hand, there are lots of 'parts machines' out there.

ebay may have parts, and members here might.

Editing your thread title to something like "please help me find a few parts for my 40's craftsman drill press resto" should get a lot more responses too.

zuk

 

[1930artdeco]

O.K. after a taking three hours to go 60 miles I picked her up. She is a table top style DP from Atlas that function perfectly. I did discover that she never came with an adj. table top as the whole head is designed to move up and down. the pulley up top is linked to the counter weight inside the tube. So I just need a foot to attach her to.

Mike

 

[DCarr]

just get a piece of 1/4" - 1/2" steel plate for the table. Mount the drill and the plate to your bench

 

[zuk123]

Hey Mike, good score. That doesn't look like it needs much work at all.

I've never seen that model. Does it move pretty easily?

How do the bearings sound?

zuk

 

[rsanter]

sorry to tell you but you do not have a drill press. what you have is a gang drill head.
gang drills will have 2 or more of tose attached to a often very nice and heavy cast iron table which is why the head moves on the collumn verses what you are normally used to.

with that said what I would recomend is to find the heaviest/thickest steel top you can find.
the other option which is the one I would prefer. is that I would get the stoutest/thickest piece of channel iron that you can find and then bolt that collumn to it and then bolt one of those drill press X-Y tables to it that are about 6x18 and have a really nice benchtop drill press that you will be able to dial in on center really nicly.
notice that I didnt say you would be making it into a small mill as the DP dosent have the head bearings to handle it. however you may be able to do some very minor low stress milling if you need to.

bob

 

[jtbinvalrico]

Wow....that's an interesting setup. You know, they did all kinds of custom setups with these old DPs....multi-unit gang setups, multiple DPs arrayed on different axes to machine a part, etc. it would interesting to know the history of yours.

What's the pulley cable attached to after it passes into the head?

 

[machine_punk]

Hey! I saw that on CL last night...thought about buying it.

Where in the Bay Area are you? (you can PM me, if you would rather).

I see your user name...I really like stuff from the Art Deco period too.

M_P

 

[Danver]

Anybody have any idea about the age of this old classic? Or anything else about it for that matter. I'm too lazy to actually use it but it is fully functional:

This one does see some regular use. I'm not sure about the age of this one either.

 

[Red Leader]

That old Atlas looks like it was heavily used in production.


You just about can't go wrong from any drill press from Craftsman, Atlas, Walker-Turner, or Delta. Powermatic is also at the top of the list.

 

[1930artdeco]

machine punk, I live in Oakland and plan touse it as just a drill press. I am slowly converting to antique tools as they tend to be better quality after a resto.

DANVER, that hand drill press is definately pre-electrical and as long as you have light you cans till drill with it. And you will have one really strong right armin the end!

ZUK, she is quiet as a kitten, and I did not see any bearing slop when I tugged on the chuck left or right. I hav enot tried to move her up or down yet, that will probably happen when bolt her down somewhere.


Mike

 

[1930artdeco]

As there is no tag on it, does anyone know what model this is by chance?

 

[rustyjames]

As there is no tag on it, does anyone know what model this is by chance?

I would guess it could be a Walker-Turner, made in Plainfield NJ.