Hey guys, I got lucky, picked up an old Craftsman 150 drill press over the weekend. Has the Hi-Lo pulley in it as well. I'm trying to get together as much documentation on it as possible. Would love to find a complete manual for it, only found like the 1 page showing the speeds, and as well as a separate one showing the speeds for the hi-lo multi-speed pulley. Anyways, most importantly, I'm looking for drilling speed recommendations based on the drill press both with and without the hi-lo installed.
I had made a chart based on a newer model 15" Craftsman, going off the plate on the side. And just inserting the nearest speed. But I figure these are so popular, there's gotta be a better or even an official Craftsman chart floating around somewhere.
I attached the chart I had made based off the newer model Craftsman. While I think the first chart for the Hi-Lo speeds came pretty close all the way down the board. Unfortunately when it came to the stock setup without the Hi-Lo, there was nothing close enough to the lowest speed of 610 RPMs so just stopped at 771. I'm well aware 661 is going to be very usable, but I didnt know what should be recommended there.
Oh and here is the chart I originally went off of from the newer model Craftsman:
I had made a chart based on a newer model 15" Craftsman, going off the plate on the side. And just inserting the nearest speed. But I figure these are so popular, there's gotta be a better or even an official Craftsman chart floating around somewhere.
I attached the chart I had made based off the newer model Craftsman. While I think the first chart for the Hi-Lo speeds came pretty close all the way down the board. Unfortunately when it came to the stock setup without the Hi-Lo, there was nothing close enough to the lowest speed of 610 RPMs so just stopped at 771. I'm well aware 661 is going to be very usable, but I didnt know what should be recommended there.
Oh and here is the chart I originally went off of from the newer model Craftsman:
