Textile Machine works Reading PA USA

[1930]

This followed me home today and Id like some opinions on the base and press.

Havent diddled with it yet but looks like the height of the machinery could be made adjustable with the turn of the wheel. Id like to know how long this drill press has been sitting here, were these two fine pieces of machinery always mated to one another or was this base used for something else at one point within the textile plant and someone thought it would make a neat addition to the press.

I realize whatever answers I get will prob. be only speculation. Id like to think they have been with each other a very long time.

I will possibly not reattach the grinding wheel unless of course it proves that they should all be together......or I might just go ahead and put it on there regardless cause the old timer that owned this prior to the dealer that I purchased it from would have preferred that I had just left it on there.

I will do some better things with the cords to make everything look more period correct.

As far as I can tell the press only has the one broken deal and I am going to have to start looking for that if anyone could give me an idea on what its called ( pointing to it )

Also what would be the thermostat looking thing that appears to be missing at least a cover?


http://chace.athm.org/results.php??...ear=&op-latest_year=0&latest_year=&id_number=

http://wyomissingfoundation.org/about/in-days-gone-by/historyfounders/

 

[1930]

Id guess the motor for the press would be original?

Last picture shows the tag for the wheel motor

When the guy told me 125 I knew there was no way I could go wrong.

 

[coljar]

My Atlas is newer than yours, probably made around 1960, because I think that is when my parents bought it for my grandfather. If you pull down on the feed lever, you will see what the spring that's missing a cover does. I would turn that grinder into a buffing wheel since it has no guards and mount it somewhere else. You done good my friend, in fact, you deserve a "you ****" award.

 

[nine4gmc]

the grinder is actually a Craftsman dual shaft motor and looks deadly attached to that big as scary wheel. I'm pretty sure that base is NOT from the drill press. I would remove the casters from that base and leave the grinder off completely then restore the rest. the depth stop and spring cover may be hard to locate but you can check vintagemachinery.org, they will have info on the drill press as well, possibly even a manual on it. Awesome find, congrats!

 

[tombell572]

I think you've got an Atlas bench drill mated to a stand with elevating feature that had originally served another purpose. The broken area is the boss for a depth stop rod which is missing.

Tom B.

 

[Bdgjr215]

That base is from a company that made hosiery manufacturing equipt.

 

[1930]

My Atlas is newer than yours, probably made around 1960, because I think that is when my parents bought it for my grandfather. If you pull down on the feed lever, you will see what the spring that's missing a cover does. I would turn that grinder into a buffing wheel since it has no guards and mount it somewhere else. You done good my friend, in fact, you deserve a "you ****" award.

When I pull down on the feed lever it does not return, looks like in the picture as if the spring is busted, Ill have to check it out again. Thanks for the info

 

[1930]

the grinder is actually a Craftsman dual shaft motor and looks deadly attached to that big as scary wheel. I'm pretty sure that base is NOT from the drill press. I would remove the casters from that base and leave the grinder off completely then restore the rest. the depth stop and spring cover may be hard to locate but you can check vintagemachinery.org, they will have info on the drill press as well, possibly even a manual on it. Awesome find, congrats!

Ill have to track down the manual once I am able to verify a model # I would think. I believe the press has been mounted on the stand a very long time because of the square bolt/nut hardware that was used to assemble the two.

 

[1930]

I think you've got an Atlas bench drill mated to a stand with elevating feature that had originally served another purpose. The broken area is the boss for a depth stop rod which is missing.

Tom B.

Thanks for the info, Ill start looking

 

[1930]

That base is from a company that made hosiery manufacturing equipt.

Thats whats mentioned in the links I posted in my first post and so I agree.