My new drill press (aka: Big-muther)

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Firefyter-emt

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Well, long waited but I brought home my new drill press. This thing is a beast to say the least. It has to be all of 300+lbs and taller than I am. We used a forklift to get it into the Jeep for the 30-mile ride home, but getting it out posed a problem. Well you see, the Jeep no longer fit into the shop and I had to practically lay the drill press on its side to get it out of the Jeep. This was a HAIR RAISING thing to do as I thought at any second it would crash and burn!

All is well, and it is on the shop floor, ready to be torn apart, and restored. The drill is a 17" Rockwell/Delta with a 6" travel and hand crank drill table. The drill uses a Reeves Drive variable speed and can go from 350rpm to 4250rpm without shutting it down.

Right now, it has a three-phase motor on it, but this will be swapped out for a 1hp 110v motor and the three phase will be kept until I pick up a digital converter and the 1hp three phase motor will go on my old Delta lathe.

Oh, and it was free! :D

To get an idea on scale, look at the chuck. The chuck is not a 1/2" chuck, but a 5/8" chuck!

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Braggart.[}:)][:p]:D How do you keep getting these things for FREE? That will be a nice DP when you get done with it.
 
Mike.. you must master the art of "Zen-arn" and they you too will be drawn to old arn in need of a new home.

This poor soul was bought and the owner did not know it was three phase and may not of realized that you can adapt it to run on 110v or swap out the motor. I will say that after looking at the Reeves Drive system that I may need to make or have an adaptor custom made because that pulley shaft looks huge!
 
Man you are the ultimate scavenger. It must have been hard driving home with the front tires lifting up off the road. I can't wait to see that beast in action. Since you don't really need two big drill presses I'll galdly relieve you of your Walker Turner.
 
Phil, she handled the weight just fine. You figure that the hardtop weighs maybe 300, and then two people in the back is at least another 300, the Jeep can halu 750lbs with the top off without thinking. Now the trip on the highway with the wind did like to toss her around a little bit! :D

Oh, and that wonderfull Walker Turner will be for sale once this one is on line, and it's a great drill press too!
 
Lee, just in case your wife has not told you yet, you are not to work on the new drill until that hand heals!!!! :D

I know what a dirty jup it is restoring old equipment like that and the last thing you need is an infection. Of course being an EMT you should know these things and practice what you preach! [:p]

Mike
 
Andrew, this will be one of the much newer tools in my shop, I would place it somewhere between 1965 and 1975. I does have a brass data tag showing it was in a factory setting sometime in its life.

Mike, I know, I know... I have plenty to do before I touch this one. I have to wire my sandblast cabinet first, finish off a wood lathe and put it up for sale, and my 16" bandsaw has not been touched yet from last year!

The hand is healing just fine, it's been uncovered since yesterday and this weekend I will pull the stiches out. (yea, like I am going to pay a doctor to do that!) ;)
 
Thanks guys... I am open to color schemes too. The original color was gray with the top "box" painted tan.

Here is a better photo of the drill press in my shop with your's truly to show scale.

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