Vintage Hamilton Sensitive Drill

[iamhomeless]

Just found this little guy on CL and got him home last night. He lived in a sign makers shop for many decades.

The only semi readable plate was the GE motor plate on the back. After some work with ATF and White Scotch Brite and red rags I have it identified as a Hamilton Sensitive Drill.

She is going to need a lot of work to strip the 4+ layers of paint and get cleaned up, but the motor runs with out any vibration, the actions all move nice and smooth and tight.

I haven't been able to date it yet, but this model is based on patents from the '20's and was massed produced for military manufacturing during WW2.

 

[Ridjobradi]

Nice find. I have the larger variable speed Hamilton sensitive drill press.

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[iamhomeless]

Nice find. I have the larger variable speed Hamilton sensitive drill press.

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Any advice on where to order a proper belt for this guy? Since it does a 90° turn, I'm pretty sure it will take a round belt.

 

[Provincial]

Flat belts can turn that way, too.

The V-belts that drive my lawnmower deck (John Deere 318) make turns like that, too.

Nice find!

 

[notlob]

Here's some info:

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1979&tab=0

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1979&tab=4

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=17824

 

[iamhomeless]

I can't for the life of me figure out how to separate the head from the mast. There are set screws every where that I can't figure out what they go to. But almost every screw is a different size, so no mixing stuff up, and it is the stoutest piece of equipment I've ever bought.