Drill press stand

[bl00]

Went to pickup a little Atlas metal lathe (for $50) and they gave me this drill press just to get rid of it. The stand is labelled Black and Decker No 3 Bench Drill Stand. The drill is a Van Dorn. Van Dorn was bought by B & D in the late 1920's early 30s, so it's probably is correct for the stand.

The base is what I can't find any info on. It's marked Riess Mfg Co, Patent applied for, Kokomo Ind. The base and stand together weigh about 140lbs. From looking at pics on OWWM, these types of drill press stands typically didn't have a base like this. What's the base made for?

 

[Outlawmws]

That is an X-Y table made into a stand, and IMO the part is worth more than the whole. it allows you to clamp up a part to be drilled, and accurately position it for drilling. It also allows fairly easy drilling of a pattern of holes, assuming there are graduations on the hand crank flanges.

Post pics of the lathe!

 

[rsanter]

I don't think that was converted, I think it came that way.
If that is a model drill I think it is that has triple gear reduction, turns slow and has tons of torque.
If that drill is what I think it is they are strong enough to break your arm if the bit grabbed the material

Bob

 

[Outlawmws]

Sorry, I guess I didn't word that very well. I didn't mean that it was converted, just that it was made that way.

Totally agree on that being a potential arm breaker, whether it is triple gear or not, those motors are big, have lots of torque, and that combined with gear reduction...

 

[Packard V8]

I had one of those old beasts and unfortunately sold it cheap. Afterwards, I realized it was stronger than any of my drill presses. The drive belts on the typical bench DP will slip on a hard pull with a large diameter drill. The old 1/2" gear drive drills won't slip. Keep it around for drilling your larger holes in steel.

jack vines

 

[bl00]

Thanks for the info. I drilled a few holes today and the table does make it easy to get lined up. There's about 1/8" of left right motion, so you have to be careful not to move off where you measured. I'll probably keep it and use it as is or maybe put a regular drill press head on top.

Outlawmws here's a pic of the lathe (on the left). The one to the right is a Craftsman that I already had. This wasn't the motherload of tooling I hoped for, but the price was right.

 

[Outlawmws]

That lathe and the DP for $50 certainly rates a major "You ****" in my book!

 

[bl00]

It was a certainly worth the trip. They also gave me this. I don't have a use for it, but the hoarder in me will probably make me keep it. The handle on the pipe cutter might become the stick shift in my truck. It's kinda cool looking.