This guy worth $40?

[skeer]

Watched a video earlier today, the guy unscrewed the belt cover knob but did not remove it. Got me to thinking.. on mine the cover support had a weird cross drilled hole close to the top. Found a snap ring that was shoved all the way to the top of that rod. Ahhh! The knob applies tension not acting as a bolt!
All I had nearby was a handful of 8th inch ball bearings. Dropped about 6 of them down the hole being held from falling,out of that cross drilled hole by the ring.
Last night I had glued a headless bolt into a knob I pulled off a garden tractor. Voila, a belt cover knob. Formed the end to a dull point to squish the bearings out and boom. An operational tension knob, works great.

 

[yhprum]

Looks good to me. I mean what can you buy for 30 these days. The chuck would go for more than that.
Nice save, it lives to see another day.

 

[skeer]

Becoming jealous of the models with the depth gauge engraved on the quill body.

 

[bb29510]

you could part it out and make $200-300

 

[Uncle murph]

Why? Because it’s more or less fixed in place? I mean, if zi can get the head height adjustable then what’s the problem? Unless your in the group of if it’s not original then it’s ****?

Never said anything about anything being original or **** but if you have ever used a drill press you would know that you’re constantly raising and lowering the table and the one shown is goi to be clumsy and difficult at best.If you don’t want honest opinions from experienced members then you probably shouldn’t post.

 

[skeer]

Never said anything about anything being original or **** but if you have ever used a drill press you would know that you’re constantly raising and lowering the table and the one shown is goi to be clumsy and difficult at best.If you don’t want honest opinions from experienced members then you probably shouldn’t post.

Honest opinions are always welcome! But you ignored or chose to not respond to the head idea.
Getting an adjustable head (pat. pend) for me will only take a gear rack. Adjustable table OTOH, a good bit.
Will it be ideal for you? Apparently not. For me? Quite possibly. It’ll be weird for sure but I’m fine with that.

 

[NC Fabricator25]

Skeer,

That’s a good drill press, well worth what you paid for it, and good job on cleaning it up and getting it into working condition. I’ve got a couple of DP-600’s awaiting the time for a restore, and along the way may have an extra table for you. The extra is not in good shape, has quite the “arc of shame” from previous owners (school kids) drilling into the table. You can have it for the cost of shipping.

The good news is it would still function, or you could cover it with a piece of steel or wood, but the bad news is it doesn’t come with the table mounting bracket, the casting that surrounds the column and engages with the gear rack for raising and lowering the table. It’s the green castin in the picture. You’d have to source that separately. I looked and there’s a few on eBay, but way overpriced.

If you’re interested shoot me a PM

 

[NC Fabricator25]

Also, you could register at VintageMachinery and put up a wanted ad for the piece, or depending on how handy you are, fabricate up a bracket that would serve the same function to hold the table but without the gear raising mechanism.

 

[skeer]

Man that is QUITE the arc, lol!

 

[RaisedByWolves]

LOL, the guy who has to comment, to let everyone know he's not interested.

He hasn’t posted yet.

Other than that I’d give $10 in hopes I could sell the head as a set of castings to someone in need.


Second thought, not enough to gain for me personally to bother.

BTDT, not even a t shirt to show for my troubles.

 

[skeer]

What a POS!

Unsubscribed.

Actually he did.. twice. (I should have used the quote function before now tho)

 

[skeer]

I seriously don't understand all the hate. I'd bet solid money every single one of you have spent $30 on far less useful stuff. I for sure know I have! Thirty-clams later I have a project to work on, and I have something much bigger, more powerful and definitely much nicer than my Chinesium benchtop DP to drill holes with.

IDC what all ya'll say, I love Carla.

 

[Mezz2006]

I think you did good for $30. It cleaned up really nice. As you said I have spent much more on much worse things. I have a similar era Delta DP, mine also does not have a crank adjust table, you get used to it though. Enjoy Carla!

 

[alfadan]

IDC what all ya'll say, I love Carla.

Carla, like from Cheers? A little rough and been around the block?

 

[skeer]

Carla, like from Cheers? A little rough and been around the block?

Ba dum tiss

to be perfectly honest carla just kinda came out when I was trying to be funny. But now it fits like a glove.

 

[exmaxima1]

Skeer,

That’s a good drill press, well worth what you paid for it, and good job on cleaning it up and getting it into working condition. I’ve got a couple of DP-600’s awaiting the time for a restore, and along the way may have an extra table for you. The extra is not in good shape, has quite the “arc of shame” from previous owners (school kids) drilling into the table. You can have it for the cost of shipping.

The good news is it would still function, or you could cover it with a piece of steel or wood, but the bad news is it doesn’t come with the table mounting bracket, the casting that surrounds the column and engages with the gear rack for raising and lowering the table. It’s the green castin in the picture. You’d have to source that separately. I looked and there’s a few on eBay, but way overpriced.

If you’re interested shoot me a PM

The table on my DP600 was also all chewed up so I added a scrap of aluminum tool plate. I later filled all the holes in it with epoxy. Worked fine.

 

[skeer]

Yeah I was tossing around ideas on how to fill holes in at least a mostly permanent fashion, in cast iron. A good epoxy sounds legit.

 

[couch67]

My drill press came from an auction sale, it would have been around '85. I was a summer student machinist/gopher at a fab shop that was mostly into welding and fabrication, but was just establishing the machine shop. I worked with the owner's father in law, a retired machinist. This man forgot more stuff than I will ever know about machining.

The owner was an interesting guy. Had his hand in many things. One day, two 40' trailers show up in the back lot. We get to check them out, they are full of old machinery - it was sold as a lot from from a huge liquidation auction from down south. Lathes, cut off saws, drill presses, grinders, etc. He picked out about a dozen of the best tools and we slowly moved them into the new machine shop. What a summer! The machines didn't get a full resto but we cleaned the paint up, and took apart and restored anything that needed it.

Anyhow, the owner one day told me to go pick out any tool I want from what was left in the 40's. 15 year old me looked around the trailers, passing by lathes and other similar machines, and settled on a DP-600 drill press. Still have it to this day.


Coincidentally I just bought new bearings for my DP a few weeks ago, and a 1 1/2hp 3 phase motor and VFD. Just got the VFD yesterday and still waiting on the motor (eBay). Hoping to post the upgrade in my garage thread which is extremely stale.

 

[skeer]

Very nice! I wish I had been interested in this stuff back when my dads dad was alive. Could have learned a ton!

You got any pics of the other side in yours?

 

[couch67]

I dont at the moment but will take a few later today and post them

 

[skeer]

Ok he she is, final form until I decide on vfd or dc. And source a gear rack.

 

[alfadan]

Mcmaster has gear racks in 2 foot lengths

 

[couch67]

You got any pics of the other side in yours?

Here's a few more photos, including a gratuitous table shot

 

[skeer]

Mcmaster has gear racks in 2 foot lengths

Yup I contacted them.. they have nothing in a 1/2" x 3/4" with 5 teeth per inch.

 

[skeer]

Here's a few more photos, including a gratuitous table shot

mmm beefy boy right there.

 

[N_Jay]

What is it with people leaving perfectly good drill presses outside?

Probably 3/4 of the ones I found when shopping were weathered.

 

[skeer]

Dude you got me. The Atlas lathe I restored (mostly) a while back had been sitting outside for 'a few years'. It's like these *** clowns who spent 6 grand on a zero-turn and leave it parked in the weather.

 

[alfadan]

They buy a better machine and move their old $10 junk (now $40...) outside cause "they're gonna sell it next week".
Or they buy it at auction or something and don't have room for it.

 

[couch67]

Yup I contacted them.. they have nothing in a 1/2" x 3/4" with 5 teeth per inch.

Hey Skeer, I think that gear is 4 teeth per inch (1 every 1/4")

 

[skeer]

Hey Skeer, I think that gear is 4 teeth per inch (1 every 1/4")

****, that doesn’t make it easier, lool. No but thanks for the correction, in the pic it was hard to tell exactly. At any rate, a course gear set like that seems to be, difficult.

 

[couch67]

That's too bad, was hoping that was going help. Anyhow I wish you luck in getting the parts you need.

 

[skeer]

Oh no man you are good couch! Those pics are immensely helpful! It's likely that I'll end up trying to cut my own out of rect bar stock. I've found a couple places already that mfg gear racks.. one-offs are way too costly. Gotta make it back to the JY and hopefully get lucky in either regard.

 

[couch67]

I was looking online for knurled depth stop nuts, and came across this on ebay (canadian link, but seller is in US, ebay should redirect you to ebay.com)

Delta Rockwell Gear Rack 402-07-351-5001 15" or 17" Drill Press Model 17-600 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Delta Rockwell Gear Rack 402-07-351-5001 15" or 17" Drill Press Model 17-600 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.ca

 

[bb29510]

It's like these *** clowns who spent 6 grand on a zero-turn and leave it parked in the weather.

the one that gets me is the box stores and tractor that leave them outside. if i want a 6k zero, i want one still in the box in the store room

 

[NHtoolguy]

Yeah I was tossing around ideas on how to fill holes in at least a mostly permanent fashion, in cast iron. A good epoxy sounds legit.

I have used a product from Devcon called Plastic Steel. It's a putty-like epoxy with steel filler. It cures to a metallic gray color and would hide the damage well, I think.

 

[skeer]

Started working on the head gear rack today. Rough teeth, gotta finish the remaining like 8” then get the file out and clean them up

 

[isb cornbinder]

Looks like it comes with the rare tractor attachment.

 

[Dan Timberlake]

I'd add something to the table clamp on the table side to get more vertical length in contact with the column. Wouldn't need to be full length contact. Just another contact point 6" or more below the existing clamp.
I imagine the current table may deflect a bit under heavy drilling.
PRobably be easier to slide up and down too.

 

[Dan Timberlake]

I'd add something to the table clamp on the table side to get more vertical length in contact with the column. Wouldn't need to be full length contact. Just another contact point 6" or more below the existing clamp.

 

[skeer]

I'd add something to the table clamp on the table side to get more vertical length in contact with the column. Wouldn't need to be full length contact. Just another contact point 6" or more below the existing clamp.
I imagine the current table may deflect a bit under heavy drilling.
PRobably be easier to slide up and down too.

You’d think so but I haven’t had any flexing at all. But I haven’t and don’t push downward that hard when drilling. But yeah the table and clamp will hopefully be redone sometime.