Sears Craftsman DP 113-21371

[64coupedeluxe]

Hi guys

Just picked up this beauty. It's in really nice shape and hardly looks used.

It's my first drill press and I got it as I need to drill through a distributor shaft.

I have no idea what the blue clamp on thing is used for? The little aluminum slug is scalloped out to rest on the handle balls.

It has "drill press hold down" cast into it and made by what looks like distin or digstim corporation.

 

[Snip's]

Workpiece clamp... Used to prevent the drill bit from grabbing the part and becoming a Craftsman Bass-O-Matic blender...
Here's mine, Welch 1100 Cam-Lock Drill Press Clamp, should have a similar operation...
The loose silver fitting needs to be installed into the hole at the end of the blue arm, with the large dimpled disc end facing your table...

 

[64coupedeluxe]

Workpiece clamp... Used to prevent the drill bit from grabbing the part and becoming a Craftsman Bass-O-Matic blender...
Here's mine, Welch 1100 Cam-Lock Drill Press Clamp, should have a similar operation...
The loose silver fitting needs to be installed into the hole at the end of the blue arm, with the large dimpled disc end facing your table...

Thanks for the explanation. The aluminum slug was in the hole, I took it out for the photo to show the machined bevel, it is a really loose fit.

The handle clamp does release fully to allow effortless up and down adjustment.

So this would be used anytime I can't have something in the vice?