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[toglhot]

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[andersen24]

OK loving the old school feel in there. And awesome job taking advantage of the size - looks like you definitely maximized the space!

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

I like it. Looks very functional though I'd suggest you add a LOT more light!

 

[toglhot]

Ditto.

 

[tyyost]

Nice space, as a tall guy some if the stuff hanging, like the channellocks looks like a potential headache to me. Looks like you can do a ton of diverse work in there.

 

[joey1320]

Great space. Seems like you have made the best of it. Wish I had that much space.

 

[nadogail]

Good Looking Shop or Shed, may it serve you well for many years of Good Health.

 

[captain14]

I like it too. The smaller shops
Are much more interesting to see and watch the thread as you post about your current projects. Where are you located at? Do you need heat or ac most of the year?

 

[ecotec]

That turned out really great. It looks like a nice space to work in.

 

[Retctddvr]

Nice shop! Obviously much more of a metal worker than I'll ever be. However I recently picked up an old drill press which I had to build a table for as it was missing. Its my first drill press and what a difference its made in my capabilities. Your drill press looks very much like mine and I don't know what brand mine is. It would be helpful to me if you could tell me the brand of yours. Also a few close up pictures. If you could post here I would appreciate it. Thanks

 

[toglhot]

ditto

 

[Retctddvr]

It's a Klass, I bought it sometime in the mid 19980s. It's undergone a few mods and repairs over the years: The lever boss had very thin walls and the screw in arms stripped the thread in the boss very quickly, so I made a more substantial one.
The switch fell apart so I bought a new one, the central pulley, swinging arm wore, ovalling the hole, so I turned up a plain bearing, pressed it in place and made a new swinging arm. I installed a light, actuated by the on/off switch and installed a depth stop. I have milled slots in wood and aluminium on it, but anything harder is not possible. The table can be tilted, but It only has a single nut holding the arm in place, so the table does tend to tilt over time if constantly drilling on the periphery of the table. I don't use the table, instead, I turned up a spigot, welded a plate to it, slipped it into the tilting arm and mounted a two way vice to it. All in all though, a damn good pedestal drill. I'll never upgrade it.

Thanks for the pictures, I am sure now that mine is a Klass. Mine is a bench top model, but all else is same. Interesting about the weak points. My lever boss was stripped in one hole and all levers were were stripped. I plan to drill out the boss and install inserts. I was in a small tool store (now out of business) asking about how to remove the chuck. While talking I mentioned the levers were stripped and missing knobs. The owner walked over to a cabinet and began digging around a drawer full of junk, he came up with three new levers with knobs. I ended up with all new hardware except the knob for slackening the belt. I think I gave him 10 bucks for all of it. It was a great day. Next up is a good quality cross vise. Again thanks for the pics.

 

[toglhot]

ditto

 

[Retctddvr]

I may well end up doing that, but thought I would try inserts first. Since I have the inserts already. By the way do you have any suggestions on a drill press vice? Harbor Freight's seems to have a lot of slop in it. I'v never used one before and would like to get a good one.

 

[toglhot]

For 90% of drilling I just hold the work with my hand, but, I'm sure some armchair expert on this group will advise you should always clamp your work for safety sake. I've never used a drill vice, I have one of those two way vice thingies they laughingly say is for milling, but that's just a joke I'm sure. They have a little free play, but the drill is hardly a precision machine so they are fine for the job. When holding work you are drilling just make sure you have enough to hold on to, if not, use multi grips or hold it in a two way vice similar to what I've pictured. I have a short piece of angle I clamp in the vice for drilling on, otherwise I just place the work across the gap in the Jaws. I've extended the handles on mine - wasted, arthritic hands.
the last two pics are of the boss and levers I made up about 20 years ago after the originals stripped and fell to bits.

 

[Retctddvr]

So here's my dumpster find drill press. Looks pretty similar to yours. The second pic shows how I use a piece of angle iron to keep things in place. I thought it was kinda crude, but it works well. So I think I'll build a boss and lever arrangement just in case mine goes south. Should be a fun project.

 

[goingtoarizona]

That's the way I did it. I still need to clean up the mess from that project.