What is this Drill Press Attachment?

[Maui]

I got this attachment with a Lathe I purchased last year. It was manufactured by Walker-Turner, and the markings on the underside are DDP 66. It appears to be an attachment for a drill press, but I don’t know what it is designed to do. Can anyone here explain what it is for?

Maui

 

[greg13]

It looks to me like a vice for a specific task.

 

[ghnl]

Maybe part of a hollow chisel mortising attachment?

 

[txvwnut]

Maybe part of a hollow chisel mortising attachment?

This my thought too.

 

[Bogie1632]

Very likely for mortising as has been mentioned. Those thumb screws toward the sides would maybe hold a j-type clamp to hold stock against the fence? I know many models of mortising fences have those. Did this by chance come with them?

V/R
Bogie

 

[RTM]

I’m in the mortising attachment camp.

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=26336

 

[Maui]

Thanks everyone!

 

[neophyte]

Very likely for mortising as has been mentioned. Those thumb screws toward the sides would maybe hold a j-type clamp to hold stock against the fence? I know many models of mortising fences have those. Did this by chance come with them?

V/R
Bogie

It’s not to hold stock against the fence, the fingers clamp part can be adjusted so the fingers hold just above the part that is being mortised.
After plunging the chisel into the work piece, the fingers prevent the part from lifting as the chisel is raised out of the workpiece.
All lower cost chisel mortisers have some sort of “clamp” like this, unless they have a sturdy clamp that actual grips the workpiece firmly.

 

[Bogie1632]

neophyte,

I was thinking it was more like this mortising fence. I was looking for a similar model for my bench top DP but haven't found one yet. The j-hooks hold material up against the fence and the center "foot" adjusts down to hold the material in place.

The OPs appears to be missing those j-hooks, or something similar. The center foot appears included and adjustable with the knob in the rear.

V/R
Bogie

 

[neophyte]

neophyte,

I was thinking it was more like this mortising fence. I was looking for a similar model for my bench top DP but haven't found one yet. The j-hooks hold material up against the fence and the center "foot" adjusts down to hold the material in place.

The OPs appears to be missing those j-hooks, or something similar. The center foot appears included and adjustable with the knob in the rear.

V/R
Bogie

The J hooks hold the material being mortised down to the drill press or mortiser table to prevent it from lifting when the chisel is lifted and removed.
The J hooks are in the first picture.
The adjustment rod is what the J Hooks are mounted on, so the J Hooks can be moved up and down for the thickness of the material.
The adjustment rod in this set up is part of the fence.
The fence gets mounted to the drill press table, you just manually slide the workpiece being mortised along the fence to make sure the mortise is straight and parallel to the edge of the board.
When making mortises, you would also need to make sure one edge of the mortise chisel was parallel to the fence.
Presuming the piece being mortise is parallel in thickness, the hooks should be set just above the top of the workpiece, maybe with the thickness of a piece of paper or two between the workpiece and the hooks.

The fence can also be used when drilling holes, to drill holes parallel to a flat edge, and if the piece being drilled is wide enough, the hooks can be used to prevent the piece being drilled from lifting on the drill bit.