I have recently taken up blacksmithing. My father passed while i was setting up my forge. A couple weeks later my uncle invited me to his house. He gave a a heavy hand crank drill press that my dad had taken from my great grandpas place when he died. I gigured it would make a cool conversation peice in my new house. When i started researching i discovered that it was a post drill for blacksmithing. Talk about fate. Lol. So i have cleaned up and got it in mostly working order. It might be antique. But i dont think i can break it. And might as well use it for what its meant for. Only problem is the threaded collar and all thread for the down feed are pretty worn. It slips completely through about four inches of the middle of the downfeed. And its all acme threads. If it isnt obvious im very proud of my post drill if you cant tell and want to fix it. So to make a long story short, where would be the best place to find parts. I considered machining new. But id like to stay original if possible.
