Show us your cool, "old" drill press

[Fretters]

your probably right.who'd have thought choosing a colour for a drill would be so hard .

The colours I can recall seeing on various Champion's have been a kind of dark grey/green, black and burgundy. As to whether any of those were original colours, I honestly couldn't say.

 

[Outlawmws]

Hmm, Burgundy hammered...

 

[SLYDIT]

The colours I can recall seeing on various Champion's have been a kind of dark grey/green, black and burgundy. As to whether any of those were original colours, I honestly couldn't say.

thanks for the info. the original on this one seems to have been a pale yellow.(then grey, then blue , then silver)

at least its easy to pull apart if i ever want to change colour again. the four layers of paint came off pretty easy with stripper and a waterblaster.
I think i'm now leaning towards a darker grey hammered finish with black lettering and chromed handles....now just need to find a period work lamp to bolt on to the side.

Any suggestions on how to refresh the aluminum pulleys without sandpaper? i was thinking or using that mag wheel aluminium brightener?

 

[Outlawmws]

I'll often use an SOS (Not Brillo) pad (wet) to remove the surface oxidation on Aluminum, followed up with Mothers Aluminum polish if you want it to shine.

 

[schor]

Not sure if I ever posted this vid of my atlas 42b drill press I restored and built a pulley block with a cam lock for extra speeds, really wanted only slower but the extra pulley can crank this baby over 15000rpm but I would never do that sionce it has bushings not bearings.

Atlas 42b with speed reducer

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice job on the Atlas Schor!

 

[schor]

Nice job on the Atlas Schor!

Thanks Outlaw, I had fun restoring it and buildiing the pulley block. It's been a great press and can pretty much handle everything I need to do as far as drilling metal.

 

[M J Peters]

If I'm reading the serial number charts right, it's a 1948. Picked it up yesterday, spent a bit of time tonight cleaning up the bare metal parts.

 

[SLYDIT]

WOW! that is seriously nice for a pre 1950 DP. the metal is so shiney!!! my one wont even look look like that even after restoration.

 

[Galvonzo]

Schor, I must say. Holy shiny drill press table batman!

 

[schor]

Schor, I must say. Holy shiny drill press table batman!

Thanks.

I have a tool and die friend that put the table and base on a surface grinder, then I went at it with the grits up to 1000 with varsol as the lube.

 

[Jere]

Got this thing today, no luck with its origins missing its name plates and looks modified. Anyone have any guesses?

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4090181#post4090181

 

[nine4gmc]

one of those popped up recently in another thread, theirs had the motor mount broken off and the motor was rigged on a piece of angle iron hanging down. I'll see if I can find the thread, he mentions the brand name.

Here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=253956

 

[Jere]

one of those popped up recently in another thread, theirs had the motor mount broken off and the motor was rigged on a piece of angle iron hanging down. I'll see if I can find the thread, he mentions the brand name.

Here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=253956

Cool thanks for that link, mine is different from that white one (maybe its an earlier model? ), but looks very much like the one in the ad aside from the flat belts

 

[rumb]

Restored little old hand press for electric drill.





Made in USSR! Works very nice and smooth, almost no wobble.

 

[DrPepper88]

After much searching and waiting in my area, I purchased a North American made drill press. A Beaver, at $85.
It's 15 or 16 inches and it weighs a lot. Took me and a buddy to lift it into the back of the truck. Base is 14 inches wide and nearly 2 feet long.
Trying to find out when it was made, and I'm stumped. Plate on the side says Cat. 3-4700, which looks to be the model number. But my online searches have come up empty.
Would like to find a photo of one in good shape, as the original motor died on it and was replaced by the original owner (seller's granddad) years ago. And, as you can see, the wood plate isn't exactly OEM.
It looks related to a Beaver 3700, but the cover is different, though I'm sure it's just cosmetic.
Again, thank in advance for any insights.

Doyle

 

[nine4gmc]

Pics of the back? There is a site that has date of manufacture for Delta Rockwell machines by serial number but idk if it includes machines made in/for Canada.

 

[DrPepper88]

Thanks for the quick reply.
Also tipped it upside down to see if there were any casting numbers in the base, but no such luck.
The good thing about all of this is that it works!

D

 

[DrPepper88]

Attached are 2 pics. Unfortunately, there's not much to show.

 

[nine4gmc]

Looks like the P.O. used the extension board because that motor turns counter clockwise, unlike the original motor that spins clockwise. If there is a single speed pulley on the top of that bearing block on back, he moved the 4 step pulley to the bottom and added one on the motor to keep the adjustable speeds. If there is a 4 step pulley at the top of that bearing block in back, the others may add more speeds(ie. higher or lower that stock).

Here is the Delta Serial Number lookup I mentioned, you may find yours there: http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/DeltaSerialNumbers.ashx

 

[schor]

I think that is a 70's vintage rockwell beaver press.

I would lose that furnace fan motor and get a real motor that turns the right way and get it back to original.

 

[jakemac]

I wonder if that motor can be re-wired to spin in the other direction ?

 

[SLYDIT]

well i have started rebuilding my old champion DP. i tried 3 different colors and didnt like any of them so decided F*** it , i'll go with red. i know its not period but its an easy strip/rebuild if i ever want to change it.
the red really highlights the beautiful swooping cast structure of the drill
so rebuilding with stainless cap screws and silver hammerite accents its starting to look GOOD....teaser pics to follow.......later.

the "C" and "H" of the champion had been cold chisel'd off the side of the casting to fit some sort of bracket so ive had to remake the letters using aluminum sheet some circlip pliers as forms, and clever use of loctite 3805

the 1949 motor looks pretty sad inside the termination cover. i dont really want to have to rewind it due to cost, but i have another similar shaped motor, (actually an EXE petrol pump motor which will bolt on. i may just take the original to the rewinders for testing.)
my biggest regret is not getting the table "holes of shame" welded and machined. i may just fill them with loctite 3805 for now and see how it looks

 

[SLYDIT]

so heres the rebuild...

someone had cold chisel'd off the c and h off the champion name so i had to remake them... I used aluminum stock cut and bent around some c clip pliers and stuck on with loctite 3805....
I had the main post machined to get rid of the rust, and the table also... i still need to shim the table arm to account for the reduced thickness of the shaft.
All the screws were replaced with stainless cap screws..again not period but they add a bit of bling to the old girl.

And here she is partly rebuilt... still waiting for the motor and I'll have to custom make a belt gaurd..may use expanded metal.




You can see the rebuilt "Champion" letters in this pic..not bad i reckon!

 

[drivesitfar]

Slydit: great job on replacing the CH in Champion that looked like it was chiseled off. also is that rattle can or did you power coat that red paint on your DP?

 

[SLYDIT]

i used 4 coats of Hammerite red brushed on from bare metal. i used paint stripper and a water blaster to get it right back to bare metal...the silver on the handle and return spring cover are Hammerite hammer finish silver.

 

[BBChevro]

Great job on the letters, that's very impressive - it really deserves one of these ....

 

[SLYDIT]

thanks guys. can't wait to actually use it in anger.

 

[454ragtop]

Slydit, nice job on the drill. Interesting job fabbing up the motor mount, looks like a Walker Turner motor mount and a shop made adapter holding it up.
Jim

 

[SLYDIT]

Yes that middle plate is definitly not original. its steel with welded bosses as opposed to cast.

 

[95riosnake]

Very nice looking Champion, and I love the attention to detail in reconstructing the C and H letters.

I'm finally getting back to finishing some of my tool projects...just finished up a restoration on a Wilton 1760, and I've been turning my sights back to the 1952 Walker Turner 20" DP I have disassembled. Probably time to jump back on that again...just haven't gotten around to setting up an electrolysis tank for the head casting, table and base yet.

 

[thundermug]

One of my little turkeys checking out the old Homecraft.

 

[Outlawmws]

I hope that DP is bolted down so one of those little turkeys doesn't pull it over by the cords...

 

[thundermug]

Yup, firmly bolted.

 

[labos71]

Here is my 1932 Walker Turner DP100 Driver series drill press. I found it in my grandmothers basement in pieces but it was all there. I may do a complete restore on it someday but it works fine so I use it.

 

[emeraldcoupe]

Here is my 1932 Walker Turner DP100 Driver series drill press. I found it in my grandmothers basement in pieces but it was all there. I may do a complete restore on it someday but it works fine so I use it.

that's nice, great find.

 

[Outlawmws]

Very cool looking WT Labos!

 

[labos71]

Here is a vintage Sprunger 15" floor drill press that I picked up on Craigslist for $50. Its a model NDP 15. I already started to break this one down to restore.

 

[95riosnake]

Had the day off today so I hit the road bright and early for a 5 hour round trip to pick up this Walker Turner DDP 500. I'm slowly restoring a 1952 WT 20" DP also, so when I spotted its little brother on craigslist I had to have it. 200 bones and I was on my way back to Pittsburgh with a little piece of history.

Immediately got to work on the column and upper/lower table surfaces with a wire wheel, a little more shining up on the handles and such and this thing will be good to go.

It also has what may be the most virgin table I've ever seen, not even one mark! There's some discoloration from the rust it had, but nothing too bad. I'll probably hit it with more wire wheeling soon and see if I can get rid of the discoloration more.

One bummer is that someone removed the Walker Turner badge/plate from the head casting so I'll be on the hunt for one. I know the serial number won't match but it breaks my heart seeing the plate missing.

It does have one of the nicest condition Cutler Hammer switches I've seen though:

Even the motor data plate looks like it came out of a time capsule

He also threw in a nice old Columbian drill press vise

Very happy to have this to poke some holes with until I get my 1100 finished up

 

[gilbo]

very very nice find there dan