[TheForge] Drill Press etc

[Bob Ehrenberger]

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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:47:06 -0500
From: Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Drill Press etc

Buffalo made a good drill press.  Walker Turner too.  I have a Hamilton
sensitive drill from 1942 - probably weighs more than most floor models
and it's only about 14" tall.

My recommendation would be to find a 1940s or 50s vintage machine in
good condition and pay the money.  Even if you paid nearly as much for
it as a new one, you will have made a good purchase.  Unless you are
going to shell out the $$ for a top-line machine of current vintage,
your money is far better spent in the old hardware.

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My sentiments exactlly.  I would rather get a quality piece of old equipment 
than a new one.

My drill press is actually an old factory drill station, 4 drill presses 
mounted to a heavy steel table. It was 3 phase when I got it and I have only 
converted two of the heads to single phase. It is really nice to be able to 
keep a champhering bit in one all the time for clean up, or be able to have 
two different sizes of drills for a complex operation.  One of the presses 
has a tap head that I have never used since it came 3-ph and only has one 
collet.


Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net