My new antique drill press. This thing is cool.

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My wife's dad bought a bunch of chainsaws from a guy in Great Falls that is selling his stuff (has a chainsaw repair business, hell of a nice guy and funny to boot) and moving. This got thrown into what he got and he gave it to me. I have to do some searching about it but the guy said it was an old manual drill press converted to motor driven. I think it has the 1st power feed ever on it. It is old, it is cool as hell and it works. I am super happy today.
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The power feed.
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Looks like it is a model 101, has 8" of travel and was made in 1897. Will have to look more but as far as I can tell it is a 101.
 
Champions were a pretty good drillpress for 125 yrs ago. There are 2 or3 of them around here including a 2 speed model.
Keep the oil to it. Good score!
 
Anyone know where something like this can be bought? In the future I would like to have one.
 
The one I got was used for drilling through chainsaw bars. As you can see it already has a jacobs chuck on it. Before that was put on Bob said that it was an R1 (I think..was moving 40 chainsaws and talking at the same time) taper machine so you will have to modify it if you buy it. Or if you can find the original drill bits for it you could leave it as it was made. He said he has drilled though cobalt, titanium, anything you can think of with it, just have to buy the really good drills. They seem to be fairly cheap for as old as they are.

Not sure if these are original, they are claimed to be.
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Website with info on the different models.
http://owwm.com/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=165&tab=4
 
I use mine for drillling antler. ya can hold the piece with oner hand and crank with the other.
 
that is so cool. I love old machinery, even hand operated tools.

clean that drill up real well with soda blasting, reprime and repaint!
 
Cool I wonder how they made drill bits before the age of CNC machines.
 
cotdt said:
Cool I wonder how they made drill bits before the age of CNC machines.
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The twist drill bit was invented by Steven A. Morse[1] of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1861.[citation needed] He received U.S. patent 38119 for his invention on April 7, 1863.[2] The original method of manufacture was to cut two grooves in opposite sides of a round bar, then to twist the bar to produce the helical flutes. This gave the tool its name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit

One brilliant guy there^^^.

Repainting it once I get the money, needs a new spring for the power feed to.
 
Mguy, it is the fact the feed can be controlled so finely, and it runs fairly slow that will allow you to drill just abut anything. This drill is similar to a cole drill, which is a hand crank hand feed drill. Watched a 50 cent drill bit drill through a leaf spring no problem. GOOD TOOL keep it maintained well.
 
montana guy said:
Repainting it once I get the money, needs a new spring for the power feed to.
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...it wasn't painted was it?

It's got a beautiful patina of old iron...that's part of the charm...leave it alone...


and in any use, it' going to be slung full of oil head to toe, either paint won't stick, or it will come off anyway
 
I went to an antique show today and did not find anything like that- it looks great, I'd love to add one to my "shop".
 
Man you made a score. My Dad had a similar drill that got sold at an estate auction and it would drill thru what ever you wanted to put it against! :thumbup:
 
A local restaurant has one of these in working order mounted for decor on a post outside the door. I've tried to trade them out of it before, to no avail. I guess it was in the family. Kinda drives me nuts seeing that cool old thing rusting year after year...
 
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