[TheForge] Drill Press etc

[rsmuck]

Amen to that, I have a 21" Canedy Otto from an old Blacksmith shop and I 
love it flopping belt an all it will drill a 3/4" hole in 3/4" plate easily 
without a pilot hole!!!
Rowland of Roseburg, OR 97470
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil" <mobjak at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 6:13 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Drill Press etc


> I'd bought a 16.5" delta, new, about 8 years ago.
> Talk about a piece of poop.  One of the first big jobs
> I did with it was to build another air hammer.  A lot
> of the holes are at an angle cause the table flexes
> too much.
>
> About 3 years ago, I bought a mid 50's vintage 22"
> Buffalo drill press.  I only paid about $300 for it.
> Man, is it sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!  I think
> it weighs about 1200 pounds.  It's got a #4 MT spindle
> and automatic downfeed.  I've bought used MT drill
> bits from 1/4" to 2" since then, and I have a 3/4"
> Jacobs chuck with a #4 MT spindle as well.
>
> I'd say look around at the used machinery dealers.  A
> lot of the fab and machine shops get rid of the old
> stuff for the shiny new stuff.  The old stuff works
> great.
>
> Phil Rosche
> Summerville SC
>
>
> 
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