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Thoughts/info on some vintage tools.

sevenpedaler

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This is a few things I have from our family farm. I’m looking for any information/comments/values anyone may have. The puller set is a Proto, the tap/die set is a Pratt-Whitney and I have no clue on the drill press.
 
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Private Lugnutz

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That small post drill (can be a popular collectible in the right crowd...) might be a Champion Blower & Forge. Something about it reminds me of a few that I have seen at flea markets and a few that have been posted here in the past. But I am NO expert. There are a few catalogs on the Internet Archive International Tool Catalog Library. It looks like it has a name or number cast into it on the right side of the arm. That would help ID it. I am going to tag a more knowledgeable friend, who might not see this with your vague title. @wrenchguy
 

WisJim

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Post drills were also made by Canedy-Otto and Silver, among others. It's nice to see a mostly complete set of bits to fit the set-screw chuck, and also the wrench for the chuck seems to be hanging there too.
And is that an old John Deere barely in the picture?
 
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Ricky Joe

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Post drill, $200-300 if no breaks, repairs, and if it works. Puller, $300-400. That is an exceptionally nice and complete set. Tap and die set, hard to say. You’d have to find either a collector or rare user. I gave my Reed set away. I’ll guess $50-100.
 

wrenchguy

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post drills,
as alot of other collectible items the largest and smallest gather the most interest. your post drill looks on small side, not rare as most collectors have 'em already. its auto feed looks farmer repaired and most likely devalues it to $20 (parts). the vise looks modern, if not would be worth the most. look for manufacturer marks on the items and search the internet. fb has a post drill group with experts, its a cranky tough group that hardly responds to anything average or below. post drills were made by 100 thousands maybe reaching a million. keep it on the post for the memories.
 

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^ The post drill could have been made by any number of manufacturers. Mentioned above were Canedy-Otto and Silver. Two of the "biggies" in the post drill industry were Buffalo Forge and Champion Blower & Forge. You might want to give it a closer look and see if you can find a maker's name somewhere (or a patent number or date.)
There are all kinds of catalog pages available for post drills.
 
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