Drill press hub/handle fabrication question

[GreenGooey]

I'm currently fixing up a craftsman/king seeley drill press and have run into a problem. Due to an unfortunate incident with some muriatic acid the hub/handles for my drill press are no longer usable. I was wondering if anybody has any ideas as far as making my own hub and handles. Thanks.

Here's a pic halfway through reassembly.

 

[larry_g]

Can you post pictures of the damaged parts? Have you lost the pinion gear/shaft or just a bolt on hub and arms? I once made a spider for a dropped drill press.

lg
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[rsanter]

all you need is someone with a lathe. you can also do a fabricated design my getting several shafts of the diameter you need, cutting them up and essembling them on a common smaller shaft. sort of stacking the donuts so to speak and then they can be hald to the central shaft with pins

bob

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Interesting thread. I have what I think is the same drill press I bought used and in poor condition for $60 from CL. Its in pieces now and I haven't gotten back to working on it but your example motivates me! I happen to be missing one of the three handles myself. The other two are in good shape. Looks like a magenta shift knob, do yours?

 

[GreenGooey]

I have all the parts but the acid ate through the rust a lot quicker than I expected. All of the threaded areas are gone and I don't know if there's enough metal left to tap.

Looks like a magenta shift knob, do yours?

My knobs aren't magenta.....I'll have to go take another picture.

Here are the hub/handles I am talking about. The handles fit over a bolt head with a groove cut in it and held on by a screw. I was thinking about taking a couple of old sockets and welding a t-handle on them and fixing them to the bolt heads.

 

[larry_g]

http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNPDF...T4NO=0&PMITEM=77414985&PMCTLG=00&PMT4TP=*LTIP

MSC has a large assortment of handles and knobs avaiable. Look forward and back a few pages from where the link takes you.

lg
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[GreenGooey]

MSC has a large assortment of handles and knobs avaiable. Look forward and back a few pages from where the link takes you.

Sweet, I think I could find something to use here. Thanks!

 

[russlaferrera]

If threads are the only concern. Drill the hole bigger and use a helicoil or thread insert.

 

[ng8264723]

Bead blast it and weld the original pieces and remachine them
chris

 

[ironheadtom]

That's a great looking drill press I'm sure you'll come up with a good solution & I hope you post more pics when it's done

 

[GreenGooey]

Well I'm still planning out a more permanent solution but here's what I came up with for now.

Here's a before and after.....it wasn't bad to start with but it's a lot better now.

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

what did you use to remove the rust from it? I'm really curious, that looks good
Also what did you coat it with,paint?

 

[Bionic]

I recently cleaned up an old drill press like this that was left out in the weather under a tarp... grrr.. I cleaned the metal up with different grades of sand\emery paper and alot of elbow greese. you could start with a wire brush or a wheel brush on a drill or something if its bad

 

[GreenGooey]

what did you use to remove the rust from it? I'm really curious, that looks good
Also what did you coat it with,paint?

The majority of the rust was on the post. 10 minutes with an orbital sander was all it took to clean that up. The rest was mainly degreaser and scotchbrite pad. Topped it off with primer and a machine grey paint.