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Author: | 2stroke [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:11 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: A new old drill press!! |
The first thing I had done was paint it, I hadn’t actually tried to use it...I kept walking past it and thinking it was sitting crooked. I was worried, but I found that the head was a little to high on the post and the upper support was actually off the post. I took the motor off to get to that and the front bearing had a little play so I replaced the motor bearings. I also cleaned up the wiring in the motor...the power cord had been updated but was still old, so I put a new one on, added grounds where there were not the original power switch on the motor base seemed sketchy to me so I bypassed it. It came with a nifty breaker box so I just use that. I got an old tilting vise and made Some new slide wear strips for it...I mounted the square d breaker on the wall. I actually had to drill something metal the other day and it was nice! I’ll post some more pics later when I get home |
Author: | Jim [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:35 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: A new old drill press!! |
2stroke wrote: I actually had to drill something metal the other day and it was nice! I was around 9 or 10 the day the one Dad bought arrived from Sears. As soon as he had it set up and working I was drilling holes in any scrap wood or metal I could find. |
Author: | Jim [ Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:08 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: A new old drill press!! |
2stroke wrote: I had to make some sliders for the bottom of this little tilt vice, it had been drilled into many times over the years by a previous owner. Its USA made as well, not sure of the brand though. The vise looks like a Craftsman accessory. I have one that looks the same, and it is from Sears. |
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