Rockwell Delta Radial Arm Drill Press

[Levaughn]

I picked up this Rockwell Delta Radial 5-Speed Tilt Head Drill Press, catalog # 11-280 for $50. I'm not sure if I got a good deal on it. I couldn't find much information on it but it's pretty clean.

 

[pstemari]

Looks like a sweet deal to me. What's the top rpm? Usually radial arm drills are ginormous monsters, but this one is pretty svelte. It looks almost the size of a Servo or Cameron.

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[jg4660]

Looks like its in awesome shape. Nice find!

 

[Levaughn]

Thanks. It's 1/3 hp and 1720 rpms.

 

[Whitworth]

For $50, I'd say you got a very good deal.

 

[PNWguy]

Nice little drill press. They are know to not be as rigid as a standard style of drill press, but should be fine for smaller bit. With 1/3 hp, I wouldn't be spinning large diameter holes saws, and the added flex would make things worse.

Nice unit as long as your expectations are reasonable.

 

[ZRX61]

Had one the same or very similar. I have no idea WTF possessed me to sell it.

 

[tool_scrounge]

The light fixture is worth more than $50. Nice for wood, but not so great for metal due to the high mnimum speed (~700rpm) and lower stiffness. Still a nice compact but heavily built drill press.

 

[Boilerhouse]

It looks pretty much exactly like my Sears radial DP. Well worth $50. I use mine all the time for wood since I have a larger slower speed DP for metal but I have used it for steel and have used hole saws with it too. The lack of a crank table lift was the only drawback, but I now use a scissor lift from a car I scrapped and that works very well. I am including an exploded parts view from the manual, but not sure how well it will show up.

 

[Levaughn]

It looks pretty much exactly like my Sears radial DP. Well worth $50. I use mine all the time for wood since I have a larger slower speed DP for metal but I have used it for steel and have used hole saws with it too. The lack of a crank table lift was the only drawback, but I now use a scissor lift from a car I scrapped and that works very well. I am including an exploded parts view from the manual, but not sure how well it will show up.

Thanks. I see it fine.

 

[Packard V8]

Versatile little DP, but as previously mentioned, not very rigid. When drilling steel, position the workpiece as close to the vertical column as possible.

Jack Vines

 

[2oolhound]

That's the going rate around here. Cheap for those times you need the extra reach and it does the job.

 

[exmaxima1]

The light fixture is worth more than $50. Nice for wood, but not so great for metal due to the high mnimum speed (~700rpm) and lower stiffness. Still a nice compact but heavily built drill press.

Agreed. Sell the lamp and you got a free drill press. Plenty of modern lamps to replace it.