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I ran across a little gem i had to get and it went cheap too!
I have never owned a radial drill press, although i have wanted one since i saw one for the first time.
the first one i saw had a table that was about 12 ft across .
the radial arm was a very substantial chunk of iron and machined steel. it could have literally drilled locomotive scale parts .I don't have that kind of room or do i ever work on anything close to that scale.
i'm mainly impressed with the engineering and the capability of such a behemoth not it's practicality.
the little unit i found is a miniature version of what i have wanted for years.
a 32" Radial drill!!! it was made by American machine & Tool Company Inc.
i'm in the process of hunting down a date of manufacture.
Right in line with the other bargain equipment that seem to find me, this poor lil guy has a minor break in the quill feed mechanism.
I'll detail the repair process in another thread.
without further adieu, the newest addition to the arsenal!
the drill head has a great range of motion.
it can swivel 360* , the head can rotated about 110* for most use (300+* if used at the top of the mast)and has the possibility of drilling larger (diameter/area) stuff a regular drill press just could not handle.
it is a light duty drill with a 1/2 (Thanks Jim!!) HP 115v single phase capacitor start motor.
it can handle metal work, but was most likely intended for woodworking.
the construction is very light in comparison to other drill presses i have used.
nonetheless, it's exactly the odd and interesting type of stuff i find endearing.
It came with what i believe to be the original stand but can't verify at this point.
it has 3 speeds that are manually set by jumping the rather long 4L type drive belt.
thanks for reading, comments and information is always appreciated
I have never owned a radial drill press, although i have wanted one since i saw one for the first time.
the first one i saw had a table that was about 12 ft across .
the radial arm was a very substantial chunk of iron and machined steel. it could have literally drilled locomotive scale parts .I don't have that kind of room or do i ever work on anything close to that scale.
i'm mainly impressed with the engineering and the capability of such a behemoth not it's practicality.
the little unit i found is a miniature version of what i have wanted for years.
a 32" Radial drill!!! it was made by American machine & Tool Company Inc.
i'm in the process of hunting down a date of manufacture.
Right in line with the other bargain equipment that seem to find me, this poor lil guy has a minor break in the quill feed mechanism.
I'll detail the repair process in another thread.
without further adieu, the newest addition to the arsenal!
the drill head has a great range of motion.
it can swivel 360* , the head can rotated about 110* for most use (300+* if used at the top of the mast)and has the possibility of drilling larger (diameter/area) stuff a regular drill press just could not handle.
it is a light duty drill with a 1/2 (Thanks Jim!!) HP 115v single phase capacitor start motor.
it can handle metal work, but was most likely intended for woodworking.
the construction is very light in comparison to other drill presses i have used.
nonetheless, it's exactly the odd and interesting type of stuff i find endearing.
It came with what i believe to be the original stand but can't verify at this point.
it has 3 speeds that are manually set by jumping the rather long 4L type drive belt.
thanks for reading, comments and information is always appreciated
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