Anyone Familiar With A Bufalo Drill Press?

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Stopped by a 'groj' sale my wife told me of. She said there were machinist tools there so I had to go look. There were a few things, I picked up what was worth something to me. Most of what he had were automotive tools, he built stock cars, his wife told me, before he died. I notice some 'old' iron there, a 'Bufalo' (sp) drill press that looked in good condition. I considered buying it but have no more room in my small shed.

Does anyone have one of these or know 'ought about it?
 
After looking at the brochure I believe it to be 15. Doesn't have the belt gaurd.
 
I have a 15 inch also without the belt guard. I'm guessing its 40's vintage. It has a thread on chuck and a wrong table( off a 14" machine) but very robust.
 
Whyemier said:
Does anyone have one of these or know 'ought about it?
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I have a Buffalo 58-5S 15" bench mount drill press. I have modified mine to increase the swing to 18" I bought mine new in the mid seventies and I have not had many problems in the forty years I have had it. I did replace the motor with a 1hp reversing motor (I used it for power tapping) and the OEM cone pulleys with A sized cone pulleys.
The one issue that I have with it was the rather funky system for a quill stop. It has a pair of set screws on the quill feed shaft as opposed to the more traditional side mounted threaded shaft w/ stop.
 
Thanks to everyone for the input. I'm still pondering going back for it. She said to call anytime.
 
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