Super Shorty Dedicated Drill Press
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 3:19 pm
Some time ago I purchased 2 1954 vintage SS machines. One of them still had the original manual. Which I thought was amazing that it had survived 60 years. The manual had the original customer # along with the original owners name and Social Security # 
(A different time). I cleaned them up and sold one at a $200 profit
. I then found a SawSmith 2000 with an Excalibur fence setup (shown in background) for $140. That leaves some left over. Now I can drive over to Vegas and double my money or not:D .
That left me with an orphan that I did not need or have room for. All the bearings were frozen. It has a 220V Franklin motor that had a 10awg power cord with a 110V 15 amp plug. The motor had been so hot that the insulating lacquer was melted. But the motor still works connected to 220V. The glimmer belt pulleys have extensive wear and the belt is cracked from riding up on ware line. The drive sheaves show extensive wear and had a 25 in drive belt instead of a 26 1/2 in belt. I could not, with a good conscience sell it without replacing everything with extensive wear.
Then I remembered a post showing a super shorty dedicated drill press (posted by JPG I think). Any way I forced oil in the frozen bearings to loosened them up. Removed the aux table and used the aux bracket to brace the leading edge of the main table. This also has the added benefit of changing the flex point of the way tubes/headstock. Took the miter bar off the miter gage to use as a hold down for the drill press vice. Turned the headstock around. Put the thing together and this is what turned out. I will see how long it lasts.
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(A different time). I cleaned them up and sold one at a $200 profit
. I then found a SawSmith 2000 with an Excalibur fence setup (shown in background) for $140. That leaves some left over. Now I can drive over to Vegas and double my money or not:D .That left me with an orphan that I did not need or have room for. All the bearings were frozen. It has a 220V Franklin motor that had a 10awg power cord with a 110V 15 amp plug. The motor had been so hot that the insulating lacquer was melted. But the motor still works connected to 220V. The glimmer belt pulleys have extensive wear and the belt is cracked from riding up on ware line. The drive sheaves show extensive wear and had a 25 in drive belt instead of a 26 1/2 in belt. I could not, with a good conscience sell it without replacing everything with extensive wear.
Then I remembered a post showing a super shorty dedicated drill press (posted by JPG I think). Any way I forced oil in the frozen bearings to loosened them up. Removed the aux table and used the aux bracket to brace the leading edge of the main table. This also has the added benefit of changing the flex point of the way tubes/headstock. Took the miter bar off the miter gage to use as a hold down for the drill press vice. Turned the headstock around. Put the thing together and this is what turned out. I will see how long it lasts.
[ATTACH]24700[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]24701[/ATTACH]
