Vintage drill presses

Was out in the roadster today just putting along and saw a yard sale sign, made quick U turn and pulled over. An old gal was selling her late husband's junk, hardware and tools. 'asked about the old drill press, (as if I need another) she said $50, I said sold.
Went home got the truck and brought it home.

 

Now need to figure out where to put it..
Already have a good old drill press, a Boyce Crane, but it's not a floor model and doesn't have a crank raising bed like this Delta.

 

Nice

 

That's pretty cool!
I got an old Sibley Camel Back drill press sitting by the small door in the shop, almost 7' tall.
Had it 30 yrs & never used it!

 

I plan on getting this one going one day, I'd like to put an x-y table and milling vice on it and use it for light milling.

 

I did that with my 17" radial drill press.....

 

How did that work out? Got any pictures?

 

I haven't used in years... Now days I just use the Bridgeport at work...
It's more accurate....

 

Here are mine, a Craftsman, and a Hamilton. The Hamilton is for small precision work.I have one in my shop at work (in much better condition)It's got two step pulleys for high and low range.The rear pulley is connected to a steel cone. The cone is rotated by a spring loaded rubber topped cup, with a face with the same angle as the cone, attached to the motor. The motor slides on angled rails, so the rubber face contacts different areas of the cone to change speed.The 3rd photo shows the position for low speed, and the 4th is almost full speed.

 

I have a Delta like the first one but without power feed and I have a larger table with a water trough around the edge. It had a million holes in the table so I bolted on a new plate over it.

 

A Delta radial drill, intended for woodworking. It's good for small holes in steel. Handy for drilling angled holes. No idea what year it was new. I traded an old Montgomery Wards Sea King 5 hp outboard motor for it. The outboard motor was headed to the scrap yard and the drillpress was in a corner of a garage collecting rust, dust and grime. So the only investment in it is the new drive belt. And a few hours cleaning it up.

Haven't gotten to the Rimac yet. It's on my workbench waiting it's turn.

 

This is my dads Craftsman. It still has the part number riveted to its base. I’m sure it was purchased in the 40’s. It was always in our back/garage shop when I was growing up. I don’t know why he didn’t use it in the precision machine shop he owned. He was a wind tunnel model maker. You can see the additional bracket he added with a multi-pulley for more speeds. I’ve had it on of his old benches since 1971 when I moved in to home. He died in 1963.

 

That is a cool piece and a good story. Neat reminder of your father.

 

Picked this up this morning.

 

I inherited my Father-In -Law's Sprunger 14" table top drill press, #92382.
It seems like a quality piece but the quill wobbles just a bit.
Any idea how old it is? I'd guess maybe 1950's?

 

Google is your friend, the complete history is there. It started in '47. You may have a bad bearing, should be an easy fix.

 

This is a oil painting done by my brother of the drill press my father made as a teenager probably early 50’s
It’s still in use today
He told me the steering wheel is from a Willys-Knight
That makes since because he also talked about working on a sleeve valve engine

 

I bought this from one of the "greatest generation" when he decided to move to Florida. He was a pilot and NASA engineer and was a talented woodworker as well.

 

This is my old Cinncinati Bickford drill press, probably a 100 years old. I use it almost every day.

 

I acquired a old Buffalo table model. did some research about a tag on the base. was contacted by some one in mid west(I'm in NYS) with one just like mine wth same tag and numbers. he thought the tags were from a factory and both of ours came from the same factory

 

I have this drill press that was built by my grandfather - he was a pattern maker / machinist.

 

My friend had an old Brake drum grinder. Big SOB for doing Big vehicle drums.
Always took forever to do a drum. Till one day he opened the side cover and saw all the different size pulleys. Fooled around with the sizes and belt. improved the speed by 200 by percent

 

I have a Delta that I picked up on CL which came from a school if I remember right, as part of a gang set of presses. I got it to do wood working on my car.

Mike

 

Here’s a couple I bought a few years ago.

 

This was my Grandpa Penny’s. Dad bought it at his estate sale . It will drill big holes .

 

And it has style! Not plastic safety shields and the like.

 

My two speed Champion, all 425 lbs of it. My “plan” is to belt a Model A/ dual hi transmission to it and run a sheave next to the original belt pulley.

 

Those old post drills have a power down feed . That is a beautiful restored drill press

 

Thank you. It has an adjustable power feed. Most of the bearings were still ok, though stiff from old grease and dust. The quill went through the main frame with no bushings. That was remedied by a local machine shop with bushings I supplied. I tapped all of the oil holes for zerks