Drill Press-Maker Unknown

[AZ Pakrat]

Trying to Determine who made this Vintage Drill Press, It has a Chuck made by Thomas R. Almond Co, Ashburnham, Mass. There are No Markings or Numbers on it to determine the Maker. I have restored Drill Presses before, but never seen one like this one. It's a 10 inch, and the Drill chuck and quill is raised and lowered with a "sliding" motion and locked in place by a handle on the back. Also I'm a current member of VintageMachinery. org, and it's on their Site too, but so far, nobody there knows the maker either. I'll try to Post some pictures on this Garage Journal site as maybe someone here will recognize it.

 

[AZ Pakrat]

Haven't been on this Site for a long time, so I'm a bit rusty on the procedures.

 

[john.k]

Ive got an old Jones and Shipman floor standing belt driver with a similar mechanism to raise and lower the spindle .....it locks in a side dovetail ,not a slot ....slot is possibly better ,but much harder to make ............Anyhoo,raise and lower of the spindle mech isnt all that rare in old drills.

 

[AZ Pakrat]

Ive got an old Jones and Shipman floor standing belt driver with a similar mechanism to raise and lower the spindle .....it locks in a side dovetail ,not a slot ....slot is possibly better ,but much harder to make ............Anyhoo,raise and lower of the spindle mech isnt all that rare in old drills.

Yes, I looked at those, and that was the closest I could find that had the "slide up and down" quill, made in England. And since the Chuck maker Thomas R. Almond, Ashburnham, Mass. had a Division in England, thought that might have been where the Drill Press was made, so looked up the Jones-Shipman. Their Idea was the same but their frames were a little different, but not much. Here's a picture of what I came up with the Jones/Shipman design. So the Search continues; and Thank you John for your help. I restore these old wood and metal working machines, but with the heat we've had here in AZ, probably won't be able to start on this one until Winter.

 

[oldman_pottering]

I'm only new to the site as well but I would think that this post would be better off in the tools thread, this thread is about questions and suggestions about the forum