Justin Topp Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Purchased this drill today for 150$. Should be a great upgrade to the small bench top drill I had before. It’s 1200 lbs roughly and made in England. Everything is smooth and functions well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Oh MY! Now I'm feeling a new sensation, drill press envy! I've never seen one quite like it, I'll be watching to see what all it does. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 Its a fantastic old articulating head drill press. The head pivots in two places, the table spins in two ways as well. You can drill to the center of pretty much anything as long as it’s not larger than 4’ in width /diameter. Everything pivots on ball bearings where the body is brass with steel balls so it’s super smooth. Speed range with the gears and pulleys is 80-4000 rpms. The head has a 5 size step pulley than an oil filled gear box. The vfd will allow more speed control if I need it. Meaning I can get near perfect speeds when drilling. Due to it being three phase I will run it off a vfd acting as a phase converter this will also allow me to reverse it as the original reversing switch was gone I have a mt2 tapping head which will fit this drill and allow me to power tap holes as well There’s t slots all over the table and a few on the side of the table and in the base meaning lots of room for fixtures and clamping coolant was an option originally and will be added to this drill eventually. there’s a “jack” / “leg” under the table to support it for higher accuracy when drilling heavy objects Can’t wait to get it into use. Should be a big improvement to my other drill. Which worked fine. But it’s a small bench top drill press that’s got a 1/4 hp motor and goes down to 600 rpms at the minimum. Which is too fast for large bits. It’s missing a handle but that’s an easy replacement. The original reversing switch is an easy fix as well As it uses a barrel style power control switch. For off, forward and reverse. But since I have the vfd for direction Changing I’ll wait to put another switch in like the original. Sorry for the rant haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 That's no rant and you deserve a good gloat, perhaps even a neener neener! SWEET score! Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 Haha thanks! I’m really excited to get it in the garage and put to work. It’s going to make life so much easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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