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

[Andrew Vida]

Well happy birthday.

one of the big tool mistakes I made was to sell a pristine Champion 
drill. Never should have let that one go.  I had another... have NO idea 
where it went.

But I got all my smithing stuff back a couple weeks ago when I drove my 
bus from AZ to WV.  Seems the mice are large there as 2 circular saws, 
my very $$ HP digital meter and a few other significant pieces appear to 
  have gone <poof>.  Such is life.  After 4 years, I'm surprised most of 
it remained.  One piece that went that really pisses me off, though, was 
my hops sampler.  one of the finest examples of blacksmithing I have 
ever seen.  It was perfect.  Ah well.

Congrats on your good score.

	-Andy

Peter Hirst wrote:
> 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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	-Andy V.

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