[TheForge] Drill press

Mon Oct 13 20:59:09 2003

Bob E. I have a chuck that is similar to what you describe, mine has a taper
shank, 2'dia 3 1/4 high. Made by WESTCO CHUCK CO of Onieda, NY Pat mar
17,1874 & Apr 14 1885. I can scan it if you want it.
Rowland with a w Smuck of Roseburg, OR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <[email protected]>
To: "theforge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 4:14 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Drill press


> I just got back from the Arrow Rock fall craft festival.  And had a great
> time as usual.  You guys must not have enough to do,  three days of e-mail
> about farts, really.
>
> Any way one of the other crafters had an old hand crank post drill he
wanted
> to get rid of.  At first I told him I wasn't interested, since I already
> have 6 drill presses in my shop.  But then in the spirit of helping out
> beginners, I told him I might be interested just to pass it along to a new
> smith that is just starting in the addiction that we call blacksmithing.
>
> We managed to work out a trade for about $30 worth of my product.  A
pretty
> good deal from my point of view since I didn't have to fork over any
money.
> The drill press is a Champion #101. It's missing the pipe and work table
and
> was pretty dirty. But all the parts moved so I figured it would clean up
ok.
> It also has the most unusual chuck that I have ever seen.  At first I
> thought that the chuck was some kind of thread cutting die. It has two
jaws
> and a screw set up so that when the screw is turned the jaws move in and
> out.  What looked like dies for cutting threads (on the jaws)  turned out
to
> have a series of ridges that interlock when the jaws are brought together.
>
> It took about an hour with a power brush and oil can to get the whole
thing
> working like new.  The funny chuck holds things pretty good but depending
on
> which ridges make contact doesn't run exactlly true.  The chuck is held in
> by a standard 1/2" shaft in the original chuck which required all the
drill
> bits to have a 1/2" shank.  I'm sure that it was a big step up in
> convenience when it was new but to really do much drilling you would need
to
> put in a modern chuck.
>
> My Champion catalog is out in the shop so I can't consult it right now.
I'd
> be interested to see if that chuck was offered as original equipment.  I
> couldn't find any writing on the chuck, there's a 1907 pat. on the drill.
>
> Bob Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo
>
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