South Bend drill press

[devrep]

got this on marketplace a few days ago for 100.00. has some issues. freaking arc of shame, motor has to be spun by hand to start (capacitor maybe)? some runout in the spindle, hopefully just bearings.

 

[jjj240]

@devrep great looking DP- The quill lock knob looks different from other SB DP. It could be a variant I have not seen before, or PO has changed it. Also, "on" is down position- indicating it being the one of earlier versions.

BTW, is the Quill MT2?

 

[devrep]

agreed. looked at a bunch of photos, haven't seen that knob on any. it is nicely made though and knurled. I like it. I had also read that the upside-down switches were only on early models, however someone had flipped the toggles over so that off is down, regardless of what the badge says.

the quill is MT2, which is good as I have this collection.

 

[toolmiser]

Looks like a pretty good deal!

 

[devrep]

I didn't get the bits with the South Bend. got them about 5 years ago with this big Delta.