Show us your cool, "old" drill press

[Outlawmws]

Wow, Very nice Inky!

 

[Inky Ford]

Inky Ford - that is the original paint after using Evaporust? That looks great.

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Thanks, yes, it's the original paint.

I see too many nice original paint metal parts ruined by repainting unnecessarily. No matter how bad something looks I try to save it first. I use EvapoRust or CLR and a worn out sponge/scotch brite pad after soaking it for a couple hours. For vertical services that can't be dunked, I wet paper towels and stick them to the surface, then spray them every few minutes to keep them wet.

The drill press spent about two hours in EvapoRust in the direct sun light.

 

[Outlawmws]

Plastic wrap on top of the wet paper towels keeps them form drying out. (I do this with Simple green a lot)

 

[McBrownie]

Picked up this drill press on Friday and spent a few hours cleaning it up this weekend. I am a fan of original paint so I soaked the casting in EvapoRust to clean it up.

Inky,
Really nice. I'm a big fan of keeping the original paint, especially when it is in good shape like yours.

 

[CrotalusAtrox]

Inky that looks great the more vintage tools I acquire the more I like to see them in there original state. I have restored a few vises well maybe more then a few but they were all in pretty rough shape or repainted by a five year old. I still have a Parker 974 that has a lot of the original finish I love it just like it is. I just restored a old Delta Dp that was faded bad from the AZ sun i tried to use colors that reflected Its era not original color but period correct. I have another Rockwell that will stay original as long as I have it. Thanks again for sharing that one and how you did it.

 

[Amrjon]

Re: Show us your cool, "old" drill press

G'day, here is my old Austolite drill that I have been gradually fixing up over the last few months.

I have basically stripped it down and built it up again with new paint, bearings, seals and grease along the way. I had to source a new (old) motor and make a mount for it too. It runs beautifully smooth and quiet, basically like new I guess.

Its an interesting design with the height adjustment involving the drill head moving on a machined slide rather than the table moving on a post. Something I like about this design is that the drill plunge is ~ 6".

I have no idea what is 'lite' about it. Its seems to be very heavy duty. The whole thing is heavy cast iron and there's no way I can move it from the spot where I reassembled it now on my own.

I wish that I took some proper before and progress pictures but here are a couple that will give you some idea of how it was when I got it.

I haven't found much information about Austolite or Paull, Roberts & Parsons Eng. Sydney. I'd welcome any info that anyone has.

 

[Amrjon]

Re: Show us your cool, "old" drill press

And here is another older one. A Servian, also from back in the days when things were acutally made in Sydney.


Apologies for the dodgy pic.

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice DP's Amrjon! I really like the Austolite being a bench top would make it "lite" seeing how big most camelbacks are... Nice restore!

 

[larry_g]

Re: Show us your cool, "old" drill press

G'day, here is my old Austolite drill that I have been gradually fixing up over the last few months.

I have basically stripped it down and built it up again with new paint, bearings, seals and grease along the way. I had to source a new (old) motor and make a mount for it too. It runs beautifully smooth and quiet, basically like new I guess.

Its an interesting design with the height adjustment involving the drill head moving on a machined slide rather than the table moving on a post. Something I like about this design is that the drill plunge is ~ 6".

I have no idea what is 'lite' about it. Its seems to be very heavy duty. The whole thing is heavy cast iron and there's no way I can move it from the spot where I reassembled it now on my own.

I wish that I took some proper before and progress pictures but here are a couple that will give you some idea of how it was when I got it.

I haven't found much information about Austolite or Paull, Roberts & Parsons Eng. Sydney. I'd welcome any info that anyone has.

That has resemblances to my Buffalo #14, (post #966 above) which is classified as a high speed precision drill press. Yours looks to have the high speed capabilities.

In the picture above does the center hole in the quill casting have threads in it? I suspect that is for a pusher bolt to open the clearance between the casting and the quill and the two outer screws are to lock it in position. This set up allows you to fine tune the clearance and hold the tight tolerances needed for precision work. Hopefully you have a grub screw in there that is not showing, and the above is old news.

Great job on the refinishing.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Amrjon]

Hi, yes there is a grub screw in the middle hole that does not show. Specifically what is was for was not clear to me, so thanks for the information!

 

[Amrjon]

Nice DP's Amrjon! I really like the Austolite being a bench top would make it "lite" seeing how big most camelbacks are... Nice restore!

I guess that make sense. Compared to a floor standing model I guess it would be 'lite' after all. Thanks.

 

[Geobound]

Here is my old drill press, with an even older one beside it. LOL.......

Somewhere in the shop is a 3rd one, but I think it's a Craftsman and I'm not quite sure where it is?

Will have to look for it when I get back home this weekend.

 

[dlcwent]

Guys, help me out on this one. I just bought a Delta Rockwell DP 225. My question is why do you suppose that that previous owner had another head mounted upside down in place of the table.



Do you suppose it was used as a sander? I'd like to hear what some of you guys think about this. Why would someone do this? Any thoughts?

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

That was a good deal! Maybe used as an indexing wheel?

 

[Outlawmws]

I'm going to guess it was for a quick height adjustable table. I'll bet it has a lock screw for rotary as well.

 

[crguy]

Put together for some unknown special purpose. I would take the extra head off and find a proper table so you could put it back to its' original form.

 

[dlcwent]

Outlaw, I'll get a picture. There is a lock out on the table. So maybe it was just for quick height adjustment.

crguy, I probably will get a table to put it back to it's original state, but I do think it'skind of a very unique feature.

AlwaysFLOoReD, it was a very good deal. But the guy told me he was near 80 years old and didn't use it anymore and wanted someone else to buy it to use. Even if he'd asked three times that, I would have thought it was a good deal.

 

[Outlawmws]

More pics to come, as it's still sitting in the back of my rig (VERY Busy weekend...):

This may be the smallest Camelback Canedy-Otto ever made? 3 speeds flat belt drive, bench mount and the table better overhang the bench edge...

Edit: From what I found on Vintage Machinery, its an E29? and 1929 or so?

 

[JZiggy]

I picked up a nice Craftsman 150 today. It is in amazing shape! It also came with a pre-block.

 

[OctoMan]

Rockwell 11-280 bought for $60. Rebuilt motor, switch and removed rust. Paint is original.

 

[exmaxima1]

I picked up a nice Craftsman 150 today. It is in amazing shape! It also came with a pre-block.

As luck would have it, a nice CM 150 like yours shows up on CL 1/2 hr before I need to be at a party. Even has the slow-speed pulley....damn....

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/tls/5767156932.html

 

[ricshaw]

I picked up this Craftsman drill press for $50 last weekend. My goal is to clean it up, replace the cord and switch with the switch relocated on the motor. I want to replace the bearing(s) or fix whatever is causing the noise.
Thank you – thank you – thank you to FrankLee for your Craftsman Drill Press thread… what a wealth of information.
Everything I needed to know including why the drill press had a third middle step pulley.

The drill press is a model # 103.23620 and came with a drill vise. When I got home I called the guy back and asked him if he had the chuck key. He said no, it had been lost a long time ago, but he had forgot to give me the owner’s manual.

I am thinking this 103.23620 was sold in the late 1940s.

After seeing Frank’s posts on the replacing the bearings, I am not sure that I have the tools and expertise to do the job.

Comments and advice welcomed and a source for a chuck key.

YouTube Link:

Craftsman 103.23620 YouTube video

 

[bubinga]

I picked up this Craftsman drill press for $50 last weekend. My goal is to clean it up, replace the cord and switch with the switch relocated on the motor. I want to replace the bearing(s) or fix whatever is causing the noise.
Thank you – thank you – thank you to FrankLee for your Craftsman Drill Press thread… what a wealth of information.
Everything I needed to know including why the drill press had a third middle step pulley.

The drill press is a model # 103.23620 and came with a drill vise. When I got home I called the guy back and asked him if he had the chuck key. He said no, it had been lost a long time ago, but he had forgot to give me the owner’s manual.

I am thinking this 103.23620 was sold in the late 1940s.

After seeing Frank’s posts on the replacing the bearings, I am not sure that I have the tools and expertise to do the job.

Comments and advice welcomed and a source for a chuck key.

YouTube Link:

Craftsman 103.23620 YouTube video

where do you live,
Location, Location, Location,
l can help you if local

 

[J king]

Daughter painted my lettering for me. Looks good. I can't do that kind of stuff.happy camper..

 

[Craptain]

Daughter painted my lettering for me. Looks good. I can't do that kind of stuff.happy camper..

That's one very very cool dp.
OH and yes the lettering is part of the coolness.

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[Carla]

Daughter painted my lettering for me. Looks good. I can't do that kind of stuff.happy camper..

Now, that is a proper drill press.......... ! ! !

You've excellent taste in drilling equipment, sir...... : )

cheers

Carla

 

[racerxxx82002]

Here's my 1952? Craftsman drill press 101.03580
Looks like it's been repainted but the drill works fine

 

[Outlawmws]

Atlas Built, but very cool you have the third pulley!

Older than 52 as well by 48 King Sealy was making the Craftsman DP's that is early to mid 40's.

 

[scooternut]

Wanted to share this CL post with you all. Could be yours for 550.



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[JZiggy]

With that you could drill... everything!!

 

[paulm12]

JKing: I have absolutely no need for that big of a DP, but that thing is just cool. And the restoration job is great, the lettering really sets it off.

 

[popsjohn]

This old drill press was in the tool shed on my wife's grandmother's farm. There was a fire in the shed but the drill press seems to have survived OK. One day I will restore it. Been sitting in my shed for more than 20 years.

 

[Outlawmws]

Wanted to share this CL post with you all. Could be yours for 550.



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Now if I had that endlessly big "dream Shop" and more $$ to play with...

 

[J king]

JKing: I have absolutely no need for that big of a DP, but that thing is just cool. And the restoration job is great, the lettering really sets it off.

Thanks. It is cool..lol.

 

[scooternut]

Now if I had that endlessly big "dream Shop" and more $$ to play with...

That's just it, I would buy that in a second and consider it a steal and a fun project If I had an insane garage. Well, I don't so I just share it to dream land. So sad to see that thing will likely go off to the scrap yard. Maybe someone is interested enough in parts and parting out I hope.

I guess that's why they say that better deals can be had on massive lathes and mills as no one has the space for them.

 

[CrotalusAtrox]

Fond this a few weeks back started to clean it up last night. Cool part is the motor is a two speed, 1140 RPM and 1750 RPM. It also has the larger chuck and is in great shape. The one draw back ascetically speaking is the plastic pulley guard, but as far as function it works great. I will check run out when I get it back together.

 

[david ELDER]

found this fixed cord and ran smooooth had a back up motor but orig was fine. investment save it from scrapers at dads place . o found a 1934 floor jack think i'm going to rebuild it .its cool

 

[david ELDER]

saved from scrappers atm dads move sale. and a old 1934 weaver curb jack. here the pics didnt post before.

 

[Craptain]

Sweet dp. I don't think I have ever seen a Dunlap irl. It looks just like the Craftsman.
Oh yeah the jack is pretty cool too.

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[Outlawmws]

The Dunlaps like that were still made by KS just with 2 thrust bearings and the rest were bronze bushings IIR. Other that that its the pretty much the 80