[TheForge] Drill Press etc

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Woolley,

Of course the main reason I like old equipment is that I can't afford the 
same quality of new equipment.  Besides if something is 30 or 40 years old 
you have a pretty good idea how it is going to hold up over time. With new 
equipment it's kind of a gamble until you have used it for a while, and then 
if it is junk you are kind of stuck.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Woolley" <wjec at verizon.net>
To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Sponsored by ABANA" 
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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Drill Press etc


Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> My sentiments exactlly.  I would rather get a quality piece of old 
> equipment
> than a new one.
>
>
IMHO, quality is quality, new or old, what distinguishes to two in my
eyes is price.  Don't get me wrong I like old machinery, I think for the
right reasons although sentimentality probably creeps in there.



> 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.
>

I've seen these setups and usually dismiss them thinking that the room
they would take up is not worth it, usually 3 phase which I don't want
to mess with etc.  In reality, I usually pilot my holes with a drill
size that won't walk off my punch mark ,go to finished size with another
and do a fair amount of countersinking.  These setups may indeed serve
me well. I will reconsider. a

Always good ideas here, Thanks guys.

Bill
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
>
>



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