White Fox Forge Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I purchased a large Prentice Bros camelback drill press about a month ago. I plan to restore it and add it to the list tools my shop is equipped with. I'm not sure on the size but it weighs a ton. I will keep yall updated! If there is any advice or tips, feel free to share. I'm receiving it Monday and plan to unload it Tuesday. From what I saw of it when I purchased it the machine seems to be missing or even be lacking an auto download system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 It looks like a brute. How are you going to power it? An overhead line shaft would be cool. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Fox Forge Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 It has a pretty decent sized motor on it already however I am not sure on the condition it is in. 220 single phase was all I could make out underneath the tarnish. The motor internals coud very well be seized. To my knowledge the machine has been sitting in the elements for at least a decade. I agree that an overhead line shaft would be a neat alternative to power the drill. I've seen old lathes that have that were powered that way. Are there any advantages to using thar method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Probably not other than the coolness factor. They were used when motor/engine technology hadn't advanced to the point where there were efficient and fairly powerful small/individual motors. So, there was one large motor or even steam engine or, in some cases, water power powering the whole shop and the energy was transmitted by the overhead shaft to the different machines. I've only actually seen one in actual use outside of a museum, in a bicycle shop in Greeley, CO which had been in operation since, I suspect, the 19 teens or 20s. This was in the early 1990s. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lary Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Those turn so slow, they come in handy for drilling big holes in thick steel. I'm assuming the Jacobs chuck was an add on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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