Picking this up tomorrow for $100. Supposedly works great.


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NICE score.....that is BEAUTIFUL, Rocket!

Love the little on-off toggle switch and belt drive. Back when things were kept SIMPLE!

So to change speeds - you just move the belt to a different pulley?

There should be another stepped pulley behind the guard on the spindle. The pulleys are mounted in opposite orientation. As the belt is shifted from one set to another, belt tension remains relatively constant.
I have a newer model which uses the same system.

Best
Les

I’m not sure how old it is, but I’m hoping it’s in good shape and it will replace my smaller table top Harbor Freight drill press.

The eagle has landed. It’s 40 inches tall and has a 5 inch stroke. It weighs a TON. At 6’-4”, I barely got it up on the workbench by myself. I cleaned and lubed everything, but I’m not going to alter the patina on it.

I see it’s not going to work on the left side of the bench, unless I modify the shelving behind it, for the motor.

Option two would be to shorten my workbench on the left and build a rolling table to go on that side. Because of the high center of gravity, I would bolt it to the table, but I think it would be safe to put some kind of heavy weights at the bottom of the rolling table.

If I shorten the workbench, maybe that will help me leave less stuff on it. 😂


Edit. I really need to organize my shelving and workbench.
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I think those restored are fabulous to look at and work with. This is one thing that I don't agree with leaving 'patina'. I saw one that blew me away, better than new.

A930? Great Vise!

That Wilton vise was my only other good buy. I think I paid $100 for it, a couple of years ago. It’s quite heavy and the stamped guarantee on it expired around 1963, I think it was.

I’m still looking online, but I think the drill press is from around the 40s.

I watched a video of the HF drill press and wondered about it's efficiency. I don't really do much fabrication at all but at some point maybe getting one would make sense. Right now I have bigger fish to fry!


Probably so. However, the I've had a number of people say to me when looking at my 356 "Wow that would look fantastic with a new paint job!" and for me it wouldn't. Because I love things that look used. I dated a girl once.....one of the few I regret who got away...who told me once she loves rusty things. At the time we were visiting a antique place that's is huge and very popular in central Florida. I never forgot how interesting a comment that was...as well as her perspective.


I was wondering how old it was. Your work bench looks just fine. You should see mine!

Congrats! SmileWavy

I'm with Zeke on this one. If you have the wherewithal to restore that classic drill press (pillar drill) then you should. Those old machines clean up so nice.

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Nice I have a buffalo forge press looks like that i got from an estate sale for like 10 bucks. My shop is too dirty to have nice restored tools it would be covered in dust and grease and overspray in no time. I only use it when i have to drill alot of holes in the same spot it saves alot of time with layout. I prefer drilling in the bench vice its just quicker changine bits and for me its more accurate than the drill press tends to vary a bit.

Ok. after doing a little more cleaning tonight, I’ll probably go ahead and remove the rust, do some wire wheeling/sanding, some painting and make sure everything is lubricated properly.. Not a full rebuild.

One thought is the electric motor. I don’t know if it’s the original, but it looks like it. I’ll probably want to take a look in there to clean and make sure all the bearings are greased as well.

That's a nice buy. I don't want to dedicate bench space to a drill press, but I often wish I had one.

My wife has dragged me to I don't know how many antique and swap places, looking for jelly jar juice glasses. Little glass glasses, maybe 4 - 6 ounces.

Friday we went to the mall, just to see how many stores were still open after Christmas. Not many. Only two places left in the food court, a ChinaMax and a Nori Japan.

The Sears is gone. The Macy's is gone. Same for Herbergers. There's still a J.C. Penney, but walking through, a bunch of the ceiling tiles were removed and there were buckets catching water from the roof leaks. A few other small stores, but a lot of vacant spots.

There's a guy with a few tables set up in the walking area of the mall. I've bought from him before, he sells discontinued Corelle patterns. It's not a permanent setup, he's probably just there for the weekend. But he did have a couple of the jelly jar glasses my wife was looking for, so I bought them for her along with a couple more dinner plates in our pattern. I figure moving from 6 plates to 8, if we can extend running the dishwasher by a day or so, they should pay for themselves in a couple years.

He said he's going to retire soon. If I had to guess, he's in his mid-80's. I suppose I'll have to go to eBay when he retires, or watch for a retirement sale and buy all the stock in my pattern. I've been to his house before when the wife broke one of the almost indestructible plates. He lives in a little town about 30 minutes away.

My wife and I have agreed to stop collecting worthless crap that our daughter will need to deal with when we "move on". We're not buying stuff just to look at it on a shelf.

We've been to too many sad estate sales and seen boxes of things that no one will find value in and buy. Seeing the kids trying to deal with it all and not wanting to put our daughter in that position.

I was driving down the block the other day and saw a low-profile creeper in the garbage by the curb. I figured I could use that, so I picked it up and took it home. I was in the garage with the door open and a gust of wind came in and I heard a loud bang, the creeper was leaning against the wall and fell on the 930 causing 2 dents on the front fender from the wheels. I guess my score did not really work out to good because now I have to have the PDR guy come fix it. That will cost 4 times what the creeper cost new. The creeper is back at the curb maybe the next guy will have better luck than I did.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Just bought this 2006 Trailex trailer from a friend of mine for $3k. It has the toolbox, spare tire and tire rack. He’s in Tampa, so I’ll need to make a road trip down there to pick it up. Tires are 3-4 years old, so I’ll be replacing them soon. He’s going to replace some rusty bolts, reinstall the tire rack, parts and fix a couple of electrical items.

I think it’s a good buy and I will always get my money back.

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Adjusted the height of the motor/head on the drill press and after cutting a section of shelving off, mounted it to the workbench.

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My wife and I have very differing opinions as to what is "worthless crap". We've had that discussion many times. My plan at this point is to check out before she does. I'm tired of fighting about it.