[TheForge] New Best Frends: Morse chuck and Champion No 200

[Bob Willman]

	I have an Improved #2 1892 Silver Manufacturing drill that I use
most of the time. They are good tools.


Bob Willman
Bowling Green, Ohio
The Eagle's Anvil
WB8NQW

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Subject: [TheForge] New Best Frends: Morse chuck and Champion No 200

Picked ip a nice find over the weekend:  A Champion No 200 post drill in
perfect (after a 2 hr cleaning and tune up) working order. This is the one
with the quick release-engage thread feed mechanism and a lever arm
feed/andjuster.  All of its parts but one tension screw in the 1/2" chuck.
Its also fitted with a Morse No.2 chuck, 1868 and 74 patent dates, nicely
knurled.  Not a Morse taper, this is like the Jacobs no 2, with a straight
1/2" shank, except instead of the key and gear of the Jacobs, it has only a
3/8 hole in the upper part to take a wrench (which I made from some 1045
round that I have a bunch of) . The chuck is sticky but it works.  What a
machine this is!  Stands 5' tall, weighs about 200# , and all lubed up the
flywheel carries enough momentum for about 10-15 revs of the hand crank
shaft under no load.  Put a perfect 3/8 hole in a 5/8 square in 60 seconds,
which my Delta bench Model with a 3/8 Jacobs cant do.

For anyone into hand power, I would recommend grabbing any one of these
babies you find for anything like a reasonable price.  They are a marvel .
The lever feed and releasable screw feed is a huge leap over any post drill
without this setup.  Very fast to do multiple cuts.  Even makes production
work practicable.

Had a good weekend.  Got a 1904 Fisher 140# with all its edges, and the
drill, for what works out to 59 cents a pound.  

Keziah
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